Yokosuka, Japan
“I was traveling around Yokohama one evening when I ran into this man in a subway station. He kindly let me snap off a couple photos of him. I saw him a couple more times around the Tokyo districts while I was living in Japan. I have also seen other pictures of him pop up around the internet.”
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India
“Most emotive face I have ever seen. No matter what his feelings are, this is the only facial expression he has. It was very surprising and interesting at the same time, how he got those wrinkles. When we asked his age, he said he would be around 45 years old. I’m sure he would be much older than what he thinks he is.” - Yug_and_her
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India
“We met this funny grandpa near the Dasaswamedh Ghat in Varanasi. His clothes were dirty and torn. However, he claims :
1. He is the modern version of Gandhi and the sole torchbearer of Gandhi’s idealism.
2. He has very strong political connection with Sonia Gandhi (the President of Indian National Congress)
3. He is going to stand as a candidate (with a confirmed ticket) in the coming parliamentary election from Bihar!” - Tuhin
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Sweden
Taken during a couple of karate training sessions with the Swedish National Team. Both kata and kumite members were there.
Stefan Tell
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Papua New Guinea
The men-with-wigs are the members of the Huli tribe. It is the most famous famous tribe of Papua New Guinea. They live close to Tari city in the center of the Papua New Guinea on the top of the Highlands. A part the Hulis still live a traditional life. For their singsings (the local names for the big events) the men wear their indigenous customs. For these occasions, even the city of Tari is suddenly filled with aborigines dressed in short skirts and traditional wigs richly decorated with feathers. They paint their faces, usually with yellow, red, and white decorations like you can see on the picture.
Hulis are warriors. At the beginning of the year 2010, the tribal fights even start to bother the economical development. Police was deployed the Southern Highlands province to contain an ongoing tribal war which has troubled the ExxonMobil gas pipeline project. The operations of were badly affected by the fights which started in January 2010. The fights caused 11 deaths and the destruction of more than 270 houses.
Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Mount Hagen festival singsing
© Eric Lafforgue
Senegal
“I found this gentleman sitting on the sidewalk outside of a hardware store in Thiès, Senegal. There is a lot of this kind if sitting in West Africa. People just hang out on the sidewalks all the time…just sitting. Sometimes they are with friends, often times alone.
Of course, there is a downside to all this sitting…if people do not have jobs to go to, what else is one to do? But culturally, its also a wonderful thing. No one is ever in a hurry. Conversations are a priority. You don’t just walk into a store and get to business. You chat with the owner for a while, then get around to talking about what you would like to buy.
So as I was walking into the store, I said hello to this man, and we chatted for a bit. What a gentle soul he was. Our interaction reminded me very much of an expression I heard from a friend over there: “Americans have watches, but Africans have time.’” - Another Story
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India
Village of Bhils performing reenactments of the epic battles of Maharana Pratap against Emperor Akbar in Diwali festival (New Year). The Bhils are a tribal group in the Rajasthan province in northwest India who are famous for their hunter/warrior heritage.
Sandra Chen Weinstein
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India
A painter poses for a portrait while scratching paint out from a roof in a store that is being refurbished in a busy road of Kochi, Kerala. A mask protects his mouth and nose but not his eyes that are clearly made red by the paint powder.
Cesare Naldi
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Brazil
The picture was taken at the Indigenous Meeting at Betioga city.
Bororo population was about 1,024 (in 1997), and they are living in the state of Mato Grosso.
“The term Bororo means, in the native tongue, ‘village court’. Not by coincidence, the traditional circular distribution of the houses make of the court the village center and the ritual space for this people, which is characterized by a complex social organization and a rich ceremonial life.”
Paulo Serpa, at ISA (Instituto Socioambiental)
© Tatiana Cardeal
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