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  • London commuters stand outside London's Paddington mainline Station to smoke or make calls beneath a large billboard about the countryside ad for brewer Shepherd Neame. Urban people are seen below the idyllic scene of rural England, tourists enjoying the peaceful great outdoors with the help of a map and bikes while below are the exact opposite: City dwellers trying to de-stress or keep in touch with the world.
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  • Shengwu Lou round earth dwelling in the village of Jiaolu, Fujian Province.  View of interior of the home of Li Zheng Ying and children. Visible Kitchen, living room / eating room.                  These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. Shengwu Lou, was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. The single - story inner ring and three -story outer ring are divided into 15 apartments that surround a courtyard  with a water well. Cokking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.             Shengwu Lou round earth dwelling in the village of Jiaolu, Fujian Province.  Interior circular courtyard and living spaces with central water well, shared by residents and chickens and hens alike. These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minoritiy group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. Shengwu Lou, was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains wel
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  • The town of St Leonhard-San Leonardo in the Passeiertal valley, South Tyrol, northern Italy. South Tyrol has a surface area of 7,400sq km, roughly the same as the Black Forest and is the largest province in Italy with 60% of this is 1,600 metres above sea level and its birth rate is the fourth highest of Italian provinces. 60% of the province's energy needs, excl transport, comes from renewable sources like water, biomass, biogas, solar, wind and geothermal. With just half a million inhabitants, it attracts nearly 6m holidaymakers annually. According to the 2011 census, there are 505,000 inhabitants in south Tyrol.
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  • Tourists sit by tiled mural (azulejo) of Toledo province, in Plaza de Espana in Seville. The Plaza mainly consists of Government buildings, the city's Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture.
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  • Wild flowers growing on the roadside near the top of the Jaufenpass, the highest point at 2,094 metres on the road between Meran-merano and Sterzing-Vipiteno in South Tyrol, Italy. South Tyrol has a surface area of 7,400sq km, roughly the same as the Black Forest and is the largest province in Italy with 60% of this is 1,600 metres above sea level and its birth rate is the fourth highest of Italian provinces. The Jaufenpass (Italian: Passo di Monte Giovo) (alt 2094m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the South Tyrol in Italy. It connects Meran and Sterzing on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is the northernmost pass in the Alps that is completely in Italy. The pass road is very winding, with many switchbacks.
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  • Landscape near the top of the Jaufenpass, the highest point at 2,094 metres on the road between Meran-merano and Sterzing-Vipiteno in South Tyrol, Italy. South Tyrol has a surface area of 7,400sq km, roughly the same as the Black Forest and is the largest province in Italy with 60% of this is 1,600 metres above sea level and its birth rate is the fourth highest of Italian provinces. The Jaufenpass (Italian: Passo di Monte Giovo) (alt 2094m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the South Tyrol in Italy. It connects Meran and Sterzing on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is the northernmost pass in the Alps that is completely in Italy. The pass road is very winding, with many switchbacks.
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  • Wild flowers growing on the roadside near the top of the Jaufenpass, the highest point at 2,094 metres on the road between Meran-merano and Sterzing-Vipiteno in South Tyrol, Italy. South Tyrol has a surface area of 7,400sq km, roughly the same as the Black Forest and is the largest province in Italy with 60% of this is 1,600 metres above sea level and its birth rate is the fourth highest of Italian provinces. The Jaufenpass (Italian: Passo di Monte Giovo) (alt 2094m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the South Tyrol in Italy. It connects Meran and Sterzing on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is the northernmost pass in the Alps that is completely in Italy. The pass road is very winding, with many switchbacks.
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  • Elderly visitors admire the views from the roadside near the top of the Jaufenpass, the highest point at 2,094 metres on the road between Meran-merano and Sterzing-Vipiteno in South Tyrol, Italy. South Tyrol has a surface area of 7,400sq km, roughly the same as the Black Forest and is the largest province in Italy with 60% of this is 1,600 metres above sea level and its birth rate is the fourth highest of Italian provinces. With just half a million inhabitants, it attracts nearly 6m holidaymakers annually. The Jaufenpass (Italian: Passo di Monte Giovo) (alt 2094m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the South Tyrol in Italy. It connects Meran and Sterzing on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is the northernmost pass in the Alps that is completely in Italy. The pass road is very winding, with many switchbacks.
    jaufenpass_italy05-13-07-2015_1.jpg
  • Muslim Cham women's white clothing worn for praying folded up on a prayer mat at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • A Muslim Cham woman praying in the women's room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Portrait of Imam Mohammed Noradin outside the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Portrait of Imam Mohammed Noradin outside the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Chengqi  round earth dwelling is considered the "king of Hakka earth buildings", Gaobei village, Fujian province,                  The bulding consists of four storeys plus four  inner circles containing a total of 400 rooms.          These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong, even rhomboid. Chengqi  was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912)  estimated at about 300 years old and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. Cooking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.
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  • Shengwu Lou round earth dwelling in the village of Jiaolu, Fujian Province.  Interior circular courtyard and living spaces with central water well, shared by residents and chickens and hens alike. These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. Shengwu Lou, was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. The single - story inner ring and three -story outer ring are divided into 15 apartments that surround a courtyard  with a water well. Cokking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.
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  • Shengwu Lou round earth dwelling in the village of Jiaolu, Fujian Province.  Interior circular courtyard and living spaces with central water well, shared by residents and chickens and hens alike. ar These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. Shengwu Lou, was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. The single - story inner ring and three -story outer ring are divided into 15 apartments that surround a courtyard  with a water well. Cooking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.
    chihakarou_008_1.jpg
  • Landscape near the top of the Jaufenpass, the highest point at 2,094 metres on the road between Meran-merano and Sterzing-Vipiteno in South Tyrol, Italy. South Tyrol has a surface area of 7,400sq km, roughly the same as the Black Forest and is the largest province in Italy with 60% of this is 1,600 metres above sea level and its birth rate is the fourth highest of Italian provinces. The Jaufenpass (Italian: Passo di Monte Giovo) (alt 2094m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the South Tyrol in Italy. It connects Meran and Sterzing on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is the northernmost pass in the Alps that is completely in Italy. The pass road is very winding, with many switchbacks.
    jaufenpass_italy04-13-07-2015_1.jpg
  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Prayer times around the world outside the Muslim Cham mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
    DSCF3776cc_1.jpg
  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • Muslim Cham women praying in the women's prayer room at the mosque in Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The Cham people are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (7th to 18th centuries) and are recognised by the government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The majority of Cham in Vietnam (also known as the Eastern Cham) are Hindu but there is also a sizeable Muslim community of around 39,000 people inhabiting Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces along the coast of central Vietnam.
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  • The Chuxi - Hakka- earth dwellings, Chuxi village, Fujian Province.  Interior circular courtyard and living spaces with central water well, shared by residents and chickens and dogs alike. These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. The Chuxi earth dwellings where built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. The single - story inner ring and three -story outer ring are divided into 15 apartments that surround a courtyard  with a water well. Cooking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.
    chihakarou_042_1.jpg
  • A new road bridge is currently under construction by the China Road Bridge Corporation over the Mekong river where it borders Oudomxay and Sayaboury provinces, Pak Beng, Lao PDR. Meanwhile passengers leave a rickety car ferry which takes local people and their motorbikes, cars and lorries, backwards and forwards across the river.
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  • A new road bridge is currently under construction by the China Road Bridge Corporation over the Mekong river where it borders Oudomxay and Sayaboury provinces, Pak Beng, Lao PDR. Meanwhile rickety car ferries take local people and their motorbikes, cars and lorries, backwards and forwards across the river.
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  • A new road bridge is currently under construction by the China Road Bridge Corporation over the Mekong river where it borders Oudomxay and Sayaboury provinces, Pak Beng, Lao PDR. Meanwhile rickety car ferries take local people and their motorbikes, cars and lorries, backwards and forwards across the river.
    DSCF4785cc_1.jpg
  • A new road bridge is currently under construction by the China Road Bridge Corporation over the Mekong river where it borders Oudomxay and Sayaboury provinces, Pak Beng, Lao PDR. Meanwhile passengers leave a rickety car ferry which takes local people and their motorbikes, cars and lorries, backwards and forwards across the river.
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  • Typical landscape view of Houaphan province with bamboo forests and swidden rice fields, Lao PDR. The terrain of Houaphan province is rugged, with dense mountainous forest forming much of the province, particularly on the western side bordering Vietnam. Bamboo is important in rural parts of the province and used as a principal building material and the women collect bamboo shoots both for food and for sale. In Viengxay district there are two bamboo processing factories which produce items such as floormats, fences, chopsticks and toothpicks for the Vietnamese market.
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  • A view of the bamboo forest close by to the Hmong village of Ban Pom Khor, Houaphan province, Lao PDR. The terrain of Houaphan province is rugged, with dense mountainous forest forming much of the province, particularly on the western side bordering Vietnam. Bamboo is important in rural parts of the province and used as a principal building material. The women collect bamboo shoots both for food and for sale. In Viengxay district there are two bamboo processing factories which produce items such as floormats, fences, chopsticks and toothpicks for the Vietnamese market.
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  • Mu Ze Latso a Mo Suo minority,  with friend go shopping for groceries in Yongning town’s market, in northwest Yunnan Province close to Sichuan and Tibetatn border.<br />
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Mo Su people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Su traditions. minority,  with friend go shopping for groceries in Yongning town’s market, in northwest Yunnan Province close to Sichuan and Tibetatn border.<br />
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Mo Su people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walkin
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  • Tea plantation in the Phunoi village of Ban Phou Soum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For a long time, Komaen was the only important tea plantation in the province. However, since the 1990’s when the government decided to put an end to slash and burn rice and opium growing, tea was developed as a commercial crop. The Chinese demand for tea was great, and so tea became an important resource for Phongsaly province.
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  • Tea plantation in the Phunoi village of Ban Phou Soum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For a long time, Komaen was the only important tea plantation Phongsaly province. However, since the 1990’s when the government decided to put an end to slash and burn rice and opium growing, tea was developed as a commercial crop. The Chinese demand for tea was great, and so tea became an important resource for Phongsaly province.
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  • Mu Ze Latso, 22, shares a joke and an intimate moment with her mother Mu Ze Namu, they belong to the Mo Suo minority / tribe from Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room
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  • The Mekong river during the dry season in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia, the source is in the Tibetan plateau and it then flows through China's Yunnan province, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. At around 4,350 km (2,703 miles) long, it is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia.
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  • The Mekong river during the dry season in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia, the source is in the Tibetan plateau and it then flows through China's Yunnan province, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. At around 4,350 km (2,703 miles) long, it is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia.
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  • Construction of Hongsa Power Co. Ltd, a joint venture US$3.7 billion, 1.878 MW lignite-fired power plant in Hongsa district, Sayabouly province, Lao PDR. The business is a lignite mining and electricity generation facilities on a 70 square km, more than 300 km from Vientiane capital yet only 35 km from Nan province, Thailand. The power plant will have 3 units, 626 MW each, and it is expected to start commercial operation by 2015 and will produce electricity for export to Thailand.
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  • An Asian elephant and its mahout walking along the roadside in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Traditionally used for work in the forest, Sayaboury province is famous for its elephants but due to loss of its forest habitat, the Asian elephant is now endangered in the wild.
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  • Weeding around the tea bushes in the Phunoi village of Ban Phou Soum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For a long time, Komaen was the only important tea plantation in the province. However, since the 1990’s when the government decided to put an end to slash and burn rice and opium growing, tea was developed as a commercial crop. The Chinese demand for tea was great, and so tea became an important resource for Phongsaly province.
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  • A Phunoi ethnic minority woman grading young tea leaves in Ban Cha Phou, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For a long time, Komaen was the only important tea plantation in the province. However, since the 1990’s when the government decided to put an end to slash and burn rice and opium growing, tea was developed as a commercial crop. The Chinese demand for tea was great, and so it became an important resource for Phongsaly province.
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  • A Phunoi ethnic minority woman grading young tea leaves in Ban Cha Phou, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For a long time, Komaen was the only important tea plantation in the province. However, since the 1990’s when the government decided to put an end to slash and burn rice and opium growing, tea was developed as a commercial crop. The Chinese demand for tea was great, and so it became an important resource for Phongsaly province.
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  • A Phunoi ethnic minority woman grading young tea leaves in Ban Cha Phou, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For a long time, Komaen was the only important tea plantation in the province. However, since the 1990’s when the government decided to put an end to slash and burn rice and opium growing, tea was developed as a commercial crop. The Chinese demand for tea was great, and so it became an important resource for Phongsaly province.
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  • Xieng Khouang Province is a mountainous province in the north of Laos, the most bombed country, per capita, in the world. More than 270 million cluster bomb submunitions were dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1974, many of which did not explode on impact causing death and injury to the local population
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, walks through the grounds of 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, 29  working at sewing machine with fellow monk where they are making  curtains within the complex of Atsog monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China
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  • Mu Ze Latso with a friend, also from the Mo Suo minority visit a Buddhist temple in Yongning town, north west Yunnan Province, close to Tibetan and Sichuan border.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso, 22,  at home with her parents, Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso visits a neighbour and mother of the mayor of the village on Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Together with a Mo Suo friend Mu Ze Latso goes down to Lugu Lake to collect  a type of algae / plant which she then feeds to her livestock: hens, ducks,  pigs, cow, etc. northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Close up of family meal in home close to the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso with family have lunch together amid posters of Mao  Zedong and  the Dalai Lama in home close to the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso  prepares lunch at home amidst hanging corns and posters and photos of the Dalai Lama, in village along the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso a Mo Suo minority,  with friend go shopping for groceries in Yongning town’s market, in northwest Yunnan Province close to Sichuan and Tibetatn border.<br />
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Mo Su people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Su traditions.
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  • Mo Suo minority man in traditional dress takes a call on his cell phone whilst rowing tourists to a nearby island on Lugu Lake, in Yunnan province. Mo Suo are one of approximately 56 different minorities which live in Yunnan, a temperate south eastern province of China in the foothills of the Himalayas.
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  • Mu Ze Latso working in  the family's courtyard with mother and father and a neighbour's child, close to  Lugu lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_028_1.jpg
  • The flag of the autominous and prosperous South Tyrol region (province) of north Italy. South Tyrol is the northernmost region in Italy, bordering Austria to the north and northeast, Switzerland to the northwest, and the rest of Italy to the south. This is also the only region in Italy where 70% of the population speaks German as their mother tongue and so it's officially bi-lingual, including all road signs, menus and media, and moreover even trilingual in the scenic eastern Ladin speaking valleys. The South Tyrolean budget is 5bn Euros with only 10% leaving the region for government in Rome.
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  • An Akha woman illegally trading in wildlife from villages along the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • Interior of a house in Tam Hiep, a village specialising in making children's soft toys, Ha Tay province, Vietnam. The dust from the fabric causes the workers problems with respiratory disease. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, removes the night's covering of snow off his car, which waas given to him by his parents in front of his small but well furnished  and equiped living space comprising of a living room / bedroom and a  wood fired kitchen in side the complex of the 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Pu' er tea  in packaging,  Yi Wu village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • A man rides past unfinished statues of Mao Zedong at the workshop of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer, near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009. The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
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  • An injured woman is tended to in the back of a car which has just cashed into a coach on a winding mountain road near Lugu Lake, Yunnan province. There are many accidents on these treacherous roads, usually involving coaches.
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  • Frogs wait in a bucked under a net outside a restaurant near Lugu Lake, Yunnan Province. They will be for dinner.
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  • Naxi minority husband and wife cook pork and vegetable dishes at a small roadside restaurant near to Zhongdian (also known as Shangrila) in Yunnan province. The man thinly chops the pork while his wife puts it all together at amazing speed allowing the fat and rice wine alcohol in her wok to flame adding great flavour. Cleanliness is an issue in many Chinese kitchens, which often look extremely dirty, however, fresh produce and cooking at incredibly high temperatures kills any potential bugs.
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  • Restaurant in Zhongdian (also known as Shangrila) Yunnan province. The man pdeep frying tofu in a wok. Cooking fat collects and runs down the kitchen walls near a fan that simply cannot cope.
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  • A Yumbri ethnic minority woman and her baby with other family members at their camp in the forests of the Nam Poui NPA (National Protected Area), Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The Yumbri otherwise known as Yellow Leaves, Tong Luang or Mlabri are the last remaining hunter-gatherer Austroasiatic-speaking community living in the primary forests and river basins of the Nam Poui region in Sayaboury province. They migrate by group in the forest seeking edible natural resources. They are Laos' smallest ethnic group with estimates of the numbers of Yumbri remaining varying between 21 and 30 individuals.
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  • An elderly Hmong woman selling homegrown melons at her roadside stall in Houaphan province, Lao PDR. Upland rice is the main crop grown by Lao shifting cultivators. In addition, several other crops are grown in smaller quantity either in the same or adjacent plots including melon, cassava, maize, cucumber, chillies and sesame.
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  • Ricefields along the main road from Sam Tai to Muang Kuan during rainy season, Houaphan province, Lao PDR
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  • A man on a motorbike struggles to drive along the muddy main road from Sam Tai to Muang Kuan during rainy season, Houaphan province, Lao PDR
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  • A road sign depicting a winding road in a mountainous region of Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • 'The Green Season', swidden rice fields in Houaphan province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
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  • A close up of hemp fabric on a loom showing the warp and weft threads in the Hmong village of Ban Long Kuang, Houaphan province, Lao PDR. Hmong weavers in Houaphan province use a back strap loom where the tension of the warp is controlled by the weaver wearing a strap around their waist. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women use to make their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north.
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  • Upland landscape with rice fields, tea plantations and forests in Ban Phou Soum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • Road construction on the road to Ou Tai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR
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  • Tibetan buddhist monks collect drinking water from a well inside the monastic complex of Atsog Monastery, deep inside rural Xinghai County, Qinghai province, China
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu,  every morning after having spent time in the main Prayer Hall inside the moanatery  will head to the prayer wheels and spin them, each full turn will represent one iteration of the chants  he has conducted within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, reads  the Buddha's teachings under the watchful smile of the  present Dalai Lama in his small but well equiped and furnished living space  comprising of a living room / bedroom and a small wood fired kitchen, within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
    chitibmon_027_1.jpg
  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, reading the Buddha's teachings in his small but well equiped and furnished living space  comprising of a living room / bedroom and a small wood fired kitchen, within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
    chitibmon_026_1.jpg
  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, preparing and eating breakfast comprising of hot water mixed with barley and Yak butter  to make a high energy paste known as Tsampa in his small but well furnished living space (living room / bedroom) in 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Luo Ming Wei  with his brothers carefully sample Pu'er tea that their factory is presently producing before it's sent away for sale. They wash the leaves in boiling water and then infuse the tea in fresh water for a few minutes before serving, Yi Wu village, Yunnan province, China.
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  • Farming villager A Hua, weaving a cloth on a traditional loom, Zha Lu Village, Yunnan Province, China.
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  • A Hua picks tea on the slopes outside her village of  Zha Lu, Yunnan province, China bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
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  • Luo Ming Wei (center), with his brothers carefully sample the tea that their factory is presently producing before it's sent away for sale. They wash the leaves in boiling water and then infuse the tea in fresh water for a few minutes before serving, Yi Wu village, Yunnan province, China.
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  • Pu' er tea factory. The drying of the tea "disks" once they have gone through quality control and have been pressed takes up to a year as during this time there is a natural process of fermentation which involves the natural bacterial and fungal action on the drying disks before they are packaged and made ready for sale,   Yi Wu village, Yunnan province, China.
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  • Luo Ming Wei, in the  Pu'er tea factory he co-owns with two brothers assessing the quality of the tea that they are packaging to ensure the right consistency, fragrance and maturity,  Yi Wu village, Yunnan Province, close to the Laos and Myanmar border.
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  • Luo Ming Wei (on left), tea factory owner purchases directly from  tea plantation owner A Hua and husband their most recent harvest, after carefully inpecting it for its quality.  Having  freshly cut the tea leaves, scorched, dried and bagged them A Hua and husband are  seen weighing and selling  their production.  They, as most of the Chinese economy  are being paid for its supply in cash, Zha Lu Village, Yunnan Province,  bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her family tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
    chitea_024_1.jpg
  • A Hua 23, after having picked the tea leaves scorches them in a large “wok” to remove moisture and excess water before being put out to dry. This process is known as sha qing (kill the green),  Zha Lu village, Yunnan province bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
    chitea_013_1.jpg
  • A Hua 23, after having picked the tea leaves scorches them in a large “wok” to remove moisture and excess water before being put out to dry. This process is known as sha qing (kill the green),  Zha Lu village, Yunnan province bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
    chitea_012_1.jpg
  • A Hua picks tea on the slopes outside her village of  Zha Lu, Yunnan province, China bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
    chitea_009_1.jpg
  • As one enters the monastic complex, ones is welcomed by a shrine and a standing Buddha with a raised hand in a gesture of reassurance and blessing to visitors, The "parasol" over his head indicates the supremacy of Buddhism. The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
<br />
Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
    chimanmon_0019_1.jpg
  • As one enters the monastic complex, ones is welcomed by a shrine and a standing Buddha with a raised hand in a gesture of reassurance and blessing to visitors, The "parasol" over his head indicates the supremacy of Buddhism. The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
<br />
Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
    chimanmon_0018_1.jpg
  • The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
<br />
Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
    chimanmon_012_1.jpg
  • The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
<br />
Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
    chimanmon_003_1.jpg
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