Tag: ethnic minority
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Day 31~ October 31st~ Yunnan
As harsh and as raw as Yunnan was to travel through, I am counting the days till I am able to go back there and be charmed again by its wild intensity. I have been told that the way I processed the photos of this past month has been too contrasty, too sharp, too extreme,…
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Day 24~ October 24th~ Yunnan
There is a little girl who lives on a mountain top, her home is made of mud bricks and it is one big room, her brother, parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents all live in that big room, also her chickens, pigs, cows, cats, dog and all the birds in their trees. She has a very…
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Day 23~ October 23rd~ Yunnan
To stand tall with your head in the clouds whilst your legs are planted firmly on the ground is to truly be living as a human dreams to live…
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Day 20~ October 20th~ Yunnan
When getting food requires you to go up and down a mountain, then its value increases tenfold. Hani man with his crop of corn~ Yunnan
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Day 18~ October 18th~ Yunnan
Every little girl is a princes in her own right, she dreams of castles, fairies and forests filled with magical spirits, and she in the middle of all that wonder shines brilliantly…
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Day 17~ October 17th~ Yunnan
There are still places in this world, where hard labor is a way of life. The formidable Hani women build their own homes, plant and sow their own rice fields, slaughter their own animals for food and gather their own firewood for cooking. All the weight is carried on their backs and supported by their…
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Day 16~ October 16th~ Yunnan
After 5 days of being around these beautiful people in the mountains of Yunnan’s Honghe area, my two traveling companions and I realized that we had not seen a single other foreigner around since our arrival, and we knew that we and our ways must appear so strange to the locals. I had brought a…
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Day 9~ October 9th~ Yunnan
One hour walk to school, school is on the other side of the mountain, one hour walk back home… so much effort for receiving a fraction of what our children take for granted.
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Day 8~ October 8th~ Yunnan
There once was a man who spoke with his hands, he made gestures for sounds and movements for words and together we had an unforgettable conversation~ Dayangjie~ Yunnan
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Day 7~ October 7th~ Yunnan
When a child is sick or unwell, the only thing it craves is the warm touch of a parent or family member. We are creatures that thrive on warmth and human contact makes us tingle. This fact begs the question: what will be come of us when our lives become more and more digital and…