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North Korea: The Many Religions of an Atheist Country 3
AsiaEastern Asia

North Korea: The Many Religions of an Atheist Country

Religions of North Korea: Shamanism, Christianity, Juche, Chondoism, and Buddhism in the most isolated country of the World With the...
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Song Kul: a Lake Close to Heaven (or fat your herds and get away) 4
AsiaCentral Asia

Song Kul: a Lake Close to Heaven (or fat your herds and get away)

Bicycle touring up to Song Kul, a big alpine lake 3.000msl in Kyrgyzstan, here the nomads set their yurt camp (jailoo) in summer. We wonder if it is easier to bring the beasts up here than to cycle, because that is a nightmare.
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Guide to Lake Eyasi [Tanzania]: Hadzabe Bushmen, Walking Safaris, & More 5
Africa

Guide to Lake Eyasi [Tanzania]: Hadzabe Bushmen, Walking Safaris, & More

Gule Wamkulu - the sacred dance and masks of the Chewa people, Malawi 6
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Gule Wamkulu – the sacred dance and masks of the Chewa people, Malawi

Culture, traditions, initiation ceremonies, dance and costumes in Malawi – Gule Wamkulu, and Nyau secret society The sacred dance of...
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Number 72: Alfonsina Strada 7
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Number 72: Alfonsina Strada

In Italy in the early 1900 bicycle use was hampered by many. According to anthropologist Cesare Lombroso in his essay...
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Traditional Winemaking in Georgia - the Oldest Wine in the World 8
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Traditional Winemaking in Georgia – the Oldest Wine in the World

History of Roma people
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Roma, the Persecution of an Unknown People. Romania: history of “gipsy” people from slavery to Buzescu

A brief history of Roma people in Romania. Some recent issues and constant struggles faced by the so called "gipsy". Baia Mare's wall, HIV experiments and much more
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Old woman in Xinaliq (Kinalug)
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Xinaliq (Khinalug): a Loneliness of Thousand Years 

Xinaliq, 2300 a.s.l., is a remote village in Azerbaijan. It used to be very difficult to reach it until 2006, when an asphalt road was built, now it is possible to drive to Xinaliq.
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Ivanovka's Kolkhoz
AsiaCaucasus

Ivanovka: The Last & Alive Soviet Union Kolkhoz

Arslanbob: Living in the Biggest Walnut Forest in the World 9
ReportageAsiaCentral Asia

Arslanbob: Living in the Biggest Walnut Forest in the World

Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan, Silk Road, Central Asia. This is said to be the birth place of all the walnuts in the world. People live inside this huge and magical forest, like in a fairytale. The harvest season is here, and we came to see how it is.
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