Tag: hair
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A Journey Through Culture: The Al Hosn Festival
Today at the Al Hosn Festival in Abu Dhabi, I found myself captivated by the vivid celebration of Emirati culture. The festival felt like a portal into the past, a tribute to the rich traditions that have shaped the identity of this land. One of the most mesmerizing moments for me, was witnessing the traditional…
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Are we here for the planet? ~
Are we here for the planet or is the planet here for us? Something to carefully ponder. Day 82 of 365~
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The gift that keeps on giving~
When you have your first child you become privy to the most well guarded secret: you have just signed on for the most important and permanent job of your life. It looks so easy. Everyone does it. Our parents did it. Our friends and neighbors seem to do it. And then your child arrives! I…
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Took me by Surprise~
Our children have this magical way of growing up without us even noticing. The greatest miracle of expansion from a little fetus to a wonderful human taking their place in the world, cannot be taken for granted. It is an amazing thing, growth. It’s a golden truth, magical in every way. It fascinates us, we…
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sliding by~ Shanghai
Sometimes the world has this strange way of sliding by as thought we are sailing smoothly on a still lake. It allows us to watch time pass in slow motion and a great stillness embraces us. Those are the photographic moments I treasure and wish for every day in the big fast city.
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Day 26~ December 26th~ Guilin
No one is allowed to see her hair until she marries, each Yao woman can carry around her head up 1.9 meters of hair wrapped around like a crown. If a young man happens to catch sight of a girl’s hair, then he must invite her to live with his parents as a bride for…
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Day 18~ December 18th~ Guilin
One of the rewards of going into far away parts of China is meeting innocence. Innocence lives her sister simplicity with the natural people of this world. My friend who travelled with me on this trip has amazingly beautiful and extremely curly hair and at the sight of it a crowd of sweet women gathered…
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Day 4~ August 4th~ Boracay
They hold the promise of a better tomorrow and in them are the codings of the future we all place our hopes in. Shouldn’t our primary responsibility be to them and to their wellbeing?