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The Ghost Villas of Kep – Architecture Lost in Time

21 January 2017

820

One of the abandoned modernist villas of Kep Kep, Cambodia - visiting the ghost villas Kep is a fallen star, a dream that came untrue, an open wound, a memento, an unwilling memorial. Although ...

Singkawang Cap Go Meh (Borneo, Indonesia): not the usual Chinese Lantern festival

29 February 2016

Asia, Reportage, South East Asia

1700

Cap Go Meh (Chap Go Mei, Chap Go Meh) is the name the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival takes in Indonesia. Here in Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, it takes a peculiar form.

Sungai Asap, the Bakun Dam Resettlement: Borneo People on the Verge of Extinction

10 May 2017

Reportage, Asia

715

Sungai Asap is where the Borneo people (Kenyah, Penan, Kayan) have been resettled to built the huge Bakun dam. Their ancestral homes and lands flooded

those left in Bakun try to exploit the only resource here, tourism

Hydroelectric devastation in Borneo: interview with Save Rivers

9 May 2017

Asia, Reportage, South East Asia

308

Save the Rivers an interview about so-called clean energy in Borneo The word "Borneo" evokes myths of lush rainforests, strange and dangerous animals and populations of fascinating costumes... all true, unt...

the Pasola of Sumba island – where the blood fertilize the ancestor’s land

31 March 2016

Asia, Reportage, South East Asia

439

In the ancestral village of Ratenggaro, East Sumba, everything is ready for the Pasola. A fierce horse festival. One of the last megalithic cultures.

The Ancestral Villages of Flores. Ngada culture in Bena and Gurusina

25 November 2017

Asia, Reportage, South East Asia

901

The Ngada village of Bena, near Bajawa The traditional villages of Ngada region, Flores, Indonesia Bena, Gurusina, and Wolondopo's culture and rituals What to see around Bajawa Probably the most interestin...

Where to See Traditional Dance in Bali: Legong and Barong Theater in Ubud

22 December 2017

Asia

2455

How to see Balinese dance, music, and theater shows The many venues for cultural performances from Bali in Ubud and beyond. Legong and Barong with Gamelan Bali is one of the most visited places in the worl...

History and modern practice of Kecak, the “monkey chant” of Bali

31 December 2017

Asia, Reportage, South East Asia

2129

Where to see Kecak traditional show in Bali Its origins and meanings: how a sacred ritual turned into a profane performance Indonesia is a cradle of cultures, a cosmos where each island is a separated plane...

Doburoku Matsuri, Shirakawa-Go: raw sake festival in the Japanese Alps

8 November 2017

Asia, Reportage

385

Raw sake flows like a river at Shirakawa Go A reportage from the Raw sakè festival in the Japanese Alps Doburoku matsuri in Shirakawa-go And so finally we reached Shirakawa-go, with the force...

North Korea: The Many Religions of an Atheist Country

2 June 2020

Asia, Eastern Asia

63

Original Art by Mu Wenxie Religions of North Korea: Shamanism, Christianity, Juche, Chondoism, and Buddhism in the most isolated country of the World With the exception of war or pandemic times, most cou...

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The Ghost Villas of Kep – Architecture Lost in Time

Singkawang Cap Go Meh (Borneo, Indonesia): not the usual Chinese Lantern festival

Sungai Asap, the Bakun Dam Resettlement: Borneo People on the Verge of Extinction

Hydroelectric devastation in Borneo: interview with Save Rivers

the Pasola of Sumba island – where the blood fertilize the ancestor’s land

The Ancestral Villages of Flores. Ngada culture in Bena and Gurusina

Where to See Traditional Dance in Bali: Legong and Barong Theater in Ubud

History and modern practice of Kecak, the “monkey chant” of Bali

Doburoku Matsuri, Shirakawa-Go: raw sake festival in the Japanese Alps

North Korea: The Many Religions of an Atheist Country

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