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  • Kim at Mahesak Hospital in Bangkok. At this point he was paralyzed from the neck down and could neither speak nor breathe. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Kim doing exercises in bed at home. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Kim's hand on the railing of his bed. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Before the shooting Kim had received treatment for kidney duct cancer. After he got shot he kept having the cancer rate in his blood checked; there was no sign of deterioration. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Aor cleans their apartment while Kim is bedridden due to his paralysis. After Kim was shot Aor stayed home every day to take care of him and the household. Before Kim was shot he had taken care of his wife and children, cleaned the apartment and cooked; he worked as a food vendor to pay for food, rent and utilities, and for the kids' schooling. The shots left him paralyzed from the waist down, forcing him to remain in bed all day while his wife, Aor, had to do all the things he had done before. But in addition to performing all chores single-handedly, she became her husband's caregiver. Kim needed assistance with everything. Aor cooked for him, washed him, and helped him when he needed to relieve himself. The family now had no income; both Kim and Aor had to stay at home, and the children were in school. They received some financial support from the government, from organizations, volunteers, and from friends and family. They were dependent on the support in order to survive.
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  • Aor points to the bullet that was not removed from Kim's body. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Surgery scars on Kim. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Aor tells Kim that he needs to eat more. Ever after the shooting Kim had problems keeping food down. Before Kim was shot he had taken care of his wife and children, cleaned the apartment and cooked; he worked as a food vendor to pay for food, rent and utilities, and for the kids' schooling. The shots left him paralyzed from the waist down, forcing him to remain in bed all day while his wife, Aor, had to do all the things he had done before. But in addition to performing all chores single-handedly, she became her husband's caregiver. Kim needed assistance with everything. Aor cooked for him, washed him, and helped him when he needed to relieve himself. The family now had no income; both Kim and Aor had to stay at home, and the children were in school. They received some financial support from the government, from organizations, volunteers, and from friends and family. They were dependent on the support in order to survive.
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  • Aor washing Kim in the morning. She did this by herself twice a day during the time before Kim was moved to the hospital. Before Kim was shot he had taken care of his wife and children, cleaned the apartment and cooked; he worked as a food vendor to pay for food, rent and utilities, and for the kids' schooling. The shots left him paralyzed from the waist down, forcing him to remain in bed all day while his wife, Aor, had to do all the things he had done before. But in addition to performing all chores single-handedly, she became her husband's caregiver. Kim needed assistance with everything. Aor cooked for him, washed him, and helped him when he needed to relieve himself. The family now had no income; both Kim and Aor had to stay at home, and the children were in school. They received some financial support from the government, from organizations, volunteers, and from friends and family. They were dependent on the support in order to survive.
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  • Aor cleaning the apartment while Kim is resting during the day. Before Kim was shot he had taken care of his wife and children, cleaned the apartment and cooked; he worked as a food vendor to pay for food, rent and utilities, and for the kids' schooling. The shots left him paralyzed from the waist down, forcing him to remain in bed all day while his wife, Aor, had to do all the things he had done before. But in addition to performing all chores single-handedly, she became her husband's caregiver. Kim needed assistance with everything. Aor cooked for him, washed him, and helped him when he needed to relieve himself. The family now had no income; both Kim and Aor had to stay at home, and the children were in school. They received some financial support from the government, from organizations, volunteers, and from friends and family. They were dependent on the support in order to survive.
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  • A board was put up to help Kim and Aor remember important things. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Exterior of Kim and Aor's building complex. Kim was shot about a two-minutes' walk from their home on Thanon Rama 4 in Bangkok.
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  • Kim resting at home during the day. Before Kim was shot he had taken care of his wife and children, cleaned the apartment and cooked; he worked as a food vendor to pay for food, rent and utilities, and for the kids' schooling. The shots left him paralyzed from the waist down, forcing him to remain in bed all day while his wife, Aor, had to do all the things he had done before. But in addition to performing all chores single-handedly, she became her husband's caregiver. Kim needed assistance with everything. Aor cooked for him, washed him, and helped him when he needed to relieve himself. The family now had no income; both Kim and Aor had to stay at home, and the children were in school. They received some financial support from the government, from organizations, volunteers, and from friends and family. They were dependent on the support in order to survive.
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  • Kim having cramps while lying in bed. From the day he was shot in May 2010 until November 2011, Kim spent almost every day in his bed at home. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Because Aor needed to stay at home and take care of Kim after he was shot, the family had no income. Aor made squeezable cushions that she sold for 20 baht (USD 0.65) apiece and also did laundry now and then. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Kim passed away on February 23, 2012 at the age of 55. He leaves behind his wife and three children. The cause of death was a combination of physical weakness and a pulmonary infection. No one has been held accountable for the shooting of Kim. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • Kim in his bed at Mahesak Hospital, Bangkok. On October 20, 2011, more than 17 months after the shooting, Kim needed surgery again. At this point he frequently had cramps in his body, along with severe pain in the shoulder and neck area. As the muscles in his back had atrophied drastically, he could not move his body like before. The doctor discovered that the cause of the pain was one of his neck vertebrae putting pressure on nearby nerves. After surgery Kim returned home, but it was not long before he developed respiratory problems and was taken to the hospital yet again. On November 9, 2011 he was placed on a ventilator in the intensive care unit because of his breathing difficulties. At this point Kim could neither move nor talk; he had nothing to communicate with but his eyes and a mouth with no words.
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  • Kim doing exercises in bed during the day in his home. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • View from Kim and Aor's apartment. Kim's condition deteriorated on 9th November, 2011; he was put on a ventilator in an intensive care unit room at Mahesak Hospital in Bangkok. On May 14, 2010 during the political disturbance between Red Shirts and army personnel in Bangkok, Thailand, Kim was shot three times while walking to a 7-Eleven to pay his family's bills. He was rushed to Kluay Nam Thai Hospital for life-saving surgery. The most dangerous bullet entered close to his spinal cord and penetrated his lung; it was removed during surgery, but the damage it caused resulted in breathing problems, paralysis, and other severe health issues. The second bullet had not penetrated very deeply and was easier to remove. However, due to the large amount of blood Kim had lost, the doctor considered further surgery too risky: the third bullet had to remain in his body.
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  • land outside city.The shadow line is a trip, a trip losing myself, looking for myself.<br />
Like the romance “the shadow line” by Joseph Conrad (1917).<br />
I was in Italy, England, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia..<br />
It isn’t a reportage, it isn’t a story.<br />
It is a searching..
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  • The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighboring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao. The development of Lao will strengthen the trade between. Among the 10 ASEAN countries, Laos is the only landlocked country and with good mineral resources, China will take profit by investing in the neighboring country.<br />
The price that Lao is paying for development alters the green scenery and while the roads are being built, the population of the countryside suffers from massive waves of dust from the trucks that are constantly passing by. <br />
However, the richness of natural resources and good investment environment provide Laos a good foundation to attract more investments. In recent years, the economic and trade relations between China and Laos have developed significantly and the investment of Chinese enterprises in Laos keeps on the rise, both countries established extensive cooperation in the fields like agriculture, agricultural machinery and industries. <br />
For China, Laos provides a growing avenue to export products to wider Southeast Asia, particularly from its remote and less-developed, landlocked southwestern regions. <br />
Consequently, Chinese people that come to control their business are populating the north of Lao. The roads are under construction and the jungle landscape is changing rapidly.
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  • The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighboring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao. The development of Lao will strengthen the trade between. Among the 10 ASEAN countries, Laos is the only landlocked country and with good mineral resources, China will take profit by investing in the neighboring country.<br />
The price that Lao is paying for development alters the green scenery and while the roads are being built, the population of the countryside suffers from massive waves of dust from the trucks that are constantly passing by. <br />
However, the richness of natural resources and good investment environment provide Laos a good foundation to attract more investments. In recent years, the economic and trade relations between China and Laos have developed significantly and the investment of Chinese enterprises in Laos keeps on the rise, both countries established extensive cooperation in the fields like agriculture, agricultural machinery and industries. <br />
For China, Laos provides a growing avenue to export products to wider Southeast Asia, particularly from its remote and less-developed, landlocked southwestern regions. <br />
Consequently, Chinese people that come to control their business are populating the north of Lao. The roads are under construction and the jungle landscape is changing rapidly.
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  • The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighboring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao. The development of Lao will strengthen the trade between. Among the 10 ASEAN countries, Laos is the only landlocked country and with good mineral resources, China will take profit by investing in the neighboring country.<br />
The price that Lao is paying for development alters the green scenery and while the roads are being built, the population of the countryside suffers from massive waves of dust from the trucks that are constantly passing by. <br />
However, the richness of natural resources and good investment environment provide Laos a good foundation to attract more investments. In recent years, the economic and trade relations between China and Laos have developed significantly and the investment of Chinese enterprises in Laos keeps on the rise, both countries established extensive cooperation in the fields like agriculture, agricultural machinery and industries. <br />
For China, Laos provides a growing avenue to export products to wider Southeast Asia, particularly from its remote and less-developed, landlocked southwestern regions. <br />
Consequently, Chinese people that come to control their business are populating the north of Lao. The roads are under construction and the jungle landscape is changing rapidly.
    h_00017200.jpg
  • The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighboring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao. The development of Lao will strengthen the trade between. Among the 10 ASEAN countries, Laos is the only landlocked country and with good mineral resources, China will take profit by investing in the neighboring country.<br />
The price that Lao is paying for development alters the green scenery and while the roads are being built, the population of the countryside suffers from massive waves of dust from the trucks that are constantly passing by. <br />
However, the richness of natural resources and good investment environment provide Laos a good foundation to attract more investments. In recent years, the economic and trade relations between China and Laos have developed significantly and the investment of Chinese enterprises in Laos keeps on the rise, both countries established extensive cooperation in the fields like agriculture, agricultural machinery and industries. <br />
For China, Laos provides a growing avenue to export products to wider Southeast Asia, particularly from its remote and less-developed, landlocked southwestern regions. <br />
Consequently, Chinese people that come to control their business are populating the north of Lao. The roads are under construction and the jungle landscape is changing rapidly.
    h_00017192.jpg
  • The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighboring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao. The development of Lao will strengthen the trade between. Among the 10 ASEAN countries, Laos is the only landlocked country and with good mineral resources, China will take profit by investing in the neighboring country.<br />
The price that Lao is paying for development alters the green scenery and while the roads are being built, the population of the countryside suffers from massive waves of dust from the trucks that are constantly passing by. <br />
However, the richness of natural resources and good investment environment provide Laos a good foundation to attract more investments. In recent years, the economic and trade relations between China and Laos have developed significantly and the investment of Chinese enterprises in Laos keeps on the rise, both countries established extensive cooperation in the fields like agriculture, agricultural machinery and industries. <br />
For China, Laos provides a growing avenue to export products to wider Southeast Asia, particularly from its remote and less-developed, landlocked southwestern regions. <br />
Consequently, Chinese people that come to control their business are populating the north of Lao. The roads are under construction and the jungle landscape is changing rapidly.
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  • Pilgrim in Burgos plateau . Spain . The WAY OF SAINT JAMES or CAMINO DE SANTIAGO following the French Route, between Saint Jean Pied de Port and Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, SPAIN. Tradition says that the body and head of St. James, after his execution circa. 44 AD, was taken by boat from Jerusalem to Santiago de Compostela. The Cathedral built to keep the remains has long been regarded as important as Rome and Jerusalem in terms of Christian religious significance, a site worthy to be a pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. In addition to people undertaking a religious pilgrimage, there are many travellers and hikers who nowadays walk the route for non-religious reasons: travel, sport, or simply the challenge of weeks of walking in a foreign land. In Spain there are many different paths to reach Santiago. The three main ones are the French, the Silver and the Coastal or Northern Way. The pilgrimage was named one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 1993. When there is a Holy Compostellan Year (whenever July 25 falls on a Sunday; the next will be 2010) the Galician government's Xacobeo tourism campaign is unleashed once more. Last Compostellan year was 2004 and the number of pilgrims increased to almost 200.000 people.
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  • The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighboring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao. The development of Lao will strengthen the trade between. Among the 10 ASEAN countries, Laos is the only landlocked country and with good mineral resources, China will take profit by investing in the neighboring country.<br />
The price that Lao is paying for development alters the green scenery and while the roads are being built, the population of the countryside suffers from massive waves of dust from the trucks that are constantly passing by. <br />
However, the richness of natural resources and good investment environment provide Laos a good foundation to attract more investments. In recent years, the economic and trade relations between China and Laos have developed significantly and the investment of Chinese enterprises in Laos keeps on the rise, both countries established extensive cooperation in the fields like agriculture, agricultural machinery and industries. <br />
For China, Laos provides a growing avenue to export products to wider Southeast Asia, particularly from its remote and less-developed, landlocked southwestern regions. <br />
Consequently, Chinese people that come to control their business are populating the north of Lao. The roads are under construction and the jungle landscape is changing rapidly.
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  • North Laos enjoys abundant natural resources. It has advantageous geographic location and the conditions needed for developing industries. The variety of natural resources of the country turned Lao into China’s investment. The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighbouring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao.
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  • North Laos enjoys abundant natural resources. It has advantageous geographic location and the conditions needed for developing industries. The variety of natural resources of the country turned Lao into China’s investment. The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighbouring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao.
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  • North Laos enjoys abundant natural resources. It has advantageous geographic location and the conditions needed for developing industries. The variety of natural resources of the country turned Lao into China’s investment. The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighbouring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao.
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  • North Laos enjoys abundant natural resources. It has advantageous geographic location and the conditions needed for developing industries. The variety of natural resources of the country turned Lao into China’s investment. The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighbouring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao.
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  • North Laos enjoys abundant natural resources. It has advantageous geographic location and the conditions needed for developing industries. The variety of natural resources of the country turned Lao into China’s investment. The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighbouring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao.
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  • North Laos enjoys abundant natural resources. It has advantageous geographic location and the conditions needed for developing industries. The variety of natural resources of the country turned Lao into China?s investment. The country mass production is still based on traditional, self-sufficient natural and agricultural economy and its resources make Chinese companies interested to improve the overland access to China for new over land trades and manufactures. Chinese companies are investing by improving the national roads, which link provinces with neighbouring countries and it will contribute substantially to Lao development. The next following years will be an important period for Northern Lao.
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  • A view of downtown Bissau and the late afternoon traffic in the streets.
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  • Chinguetti, a lost village in the Adrar region, once an important home of Muslim scholars and Madrassas, today is famous for it's private libraries with ancient arab manuscripts from medicine to religion, some dating back to the 9th century.
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  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
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  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
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  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (18).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (13).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (12).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
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  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (9).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
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  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
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  • The gypsy camp.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • The portrait of a gypsy woman, resting against the wall of the church of their community.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019422.jpg
  • A gypsy man holding his donkey.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019415.jpg
  • Early in the morning children gather in front of the school and lineup to sing the national anthem before the teacher. Most school facilities in the country are in poor conditions.
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  • Early in the morning children gather in front of the school and lineup to sing the national anthem before the teacher. Most school facilities in the country are in poor conditions.
    h_00005829.jpg
  • View of the local market at Ingore.
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  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • Men chat and wait around the house of the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
    h_00005810.jpg
  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
    h_00005805.jpg
  • biblioteca fondation ahmed al mahmoud com manuscritos arabes do sec XI ao XIX. chinguetti, mauritania. africa2007.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • Ancient arab manuscripts part of  the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library, in Chinguetti.
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  • Women from K-3 gathered in a room to discuss business. Silt from the surrounding fields, bathed by the salty ocean waters, carry a concentration of salt that these women filter with fresh water, boil it in a big flat pan which, after all water has evaporated, salt remains on the pan. These women produce around 5 ton of salt a year and are a main contributor to the local economy.
    h_00005676.jpg
  • Scraping silt in the outer margins of the Cacheu River. Silt from the surrounding fields, bathed by the salty ocean waters, carry a concentration of salt that these women filter with fresh water, boil it in a big flat pan which, after all water has evaporated, salt remains on the pan. These women produce around 5 ton of salt a year and are a main contributor to the local economy.
    h_00005673.jpg
  • Women from K-3 gathered in a room to discuss business. Silt from the surrounding fields, bathed by the salty ocean waters, carry a concentration of salt that these women filter with fresh water, boil it in a big flat pan which, after all water has evaporated, salt remains on the pan. These women produce around 5 ton of salt a year and are a main contributor to the local economy.
    h_00005672.jpg
  • Scraping silt in the outer margins of the Cacheu River. Silt from the surrounding fields, bathed by the salty ocean waters, carry a concentration of salt that these women filter with fresh water, boil it in a big flat pan which, after all water has evaporated, salt remains on the pan. These women produce around 5 ton of salt a year and are a main contributor to the local economy.
    h_00005670.jpg
  • Scraping silt in the outer margins of the Cacheu River. Silt from the surrounding fields, bathed by the salty ocean waters, carry a concentration of salt that these women filter with fresh water, boil it in a big flat pan which, after all water has evaporated, salt remains on the pan. These women produce around 5 ton of salt a year and are a main contributor to the local economy.
    h_00005667.jpg
  • Scraping silt in the outer margins of the Cacheu River. Silt from the surrounding fields, bathed by the salty ocean waters, carry a concentration of salt that these women filter with fresh water, boil it in a big flat pan which, after all water has evaporated, salt remains on the pan. These women produce around 5 ton of salt a year and are a main contributor to the local economy.
    h_00005666.jpg
  • Scraping silt in the outer margins of the Cacheu River. Silt from the surrounding fields, bathed by the salty ocean waters, carry a concentration of salt that these women filter with fresh water, boil it in a big flat pan which, after all water has evaporated, salt remains on the pan. These women produce around 5 ton of salt a year and are a main contributor to the local economy.
    h_00005665.jpg
  • A man walks through a room inside a house in the Lahu village. Although many of the male villagers are dominant, the women and men make many decisions together. It is also very common that the men take part in daily chores such as cooking or cleaning.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Cooking with fire. The village also has electricity, but it is very expensive. Electricity is mostly used to power lights and fans, or a television set if the household has one.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.<br />
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Some of the people work in construction, while others clean roads or restaurants. Although some of them find work on occasion, they remain poor. Lack of education makes a normal way of life with a stable income almost impossible.
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  • A boy takes care of his brother.??On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people?s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
    h_00015901.jpg
  • A house by the river at night.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

Some of the people work in construction, while others clean roads or restaurants. Although some of them find work on occasion, they remain poor. Lack of education makes a normal way of life with a stable income almost impossible.
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  • Early morning. A girl sleeps before it´s time for the day care center.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
    h_00015895.jpg
  • Inside a house in the Lahu village. The kitchen is on the left side and the right serves as the washing area, where the inhabitants of the house both shower and do the dishes.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Lahu people outside their home in a village in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
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  • Almost every house in the village has this kind of bamboo floor. This is a normal way to build houses amongst the Lahu people, who in their original way of life would get all their resources from the forest.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The slum has been there for decades.
    h_00015887.jpg
  • A stray dog under a house in the Lahu village, with the polluted river in the background.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
    h_00015885.jpg
  • A sick man rests during the daytime. Nobody knows why he is sick, and going to the hospital is too expensive and risky because he has no Thai papers. Those without Thai papers face many problems. It's more difficult to get a job, and they are targeted for harassment more easily.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

Despite this harsh reality, they are a civilized and caring community: they share with each other, families help other families, and if there is an important decision to be made, then it is made together. <br />
<br />
They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
    h_00015883.jpg
  • The oldest lady of the house takes care of the youngest child. She usually does this all day, while the people of that house are at work. Cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the youngest children is a normal and typical day's work for her. They call her Maa, which means "mother" in Thai.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
    h_00015882.jpg
  • Preparing the fire for cooking and warm themselves from the cold.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • playing cards while waiting for their wives to come from the religious ceremony.<br />
<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • Gypsy culture.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019424.jpg
  • Gypsies waiting for the pastor´s pray.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019423.jpg
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
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  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (19).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (17).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (16).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (15).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (14).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (11).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (8).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (6).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (7).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (4).JPG
  • Daily life in Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece with Macedonia.<br />
Between eleven thousand and thirteen thousand refugees are blocked in these borders. They are waiting to cross Macedonia and  their  goal is to reach Germany.  It's estimated that 30 percent are children and women traveling alone.
    Guadano_Idomeni migrants (3).JPG
  • Gypsy praying with the pastor, getting rid of their sins.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019420.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019419.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019417.jpg
  • Soldiers show the Volkswagen Beetle that belonged to Amilcar Cabral, the Guinean independence hero, which the historic PAIGC leader was driving when he was assassinated January 20th 1973, now abandoned in a corner of the Amura fortress, presently used as an army barrack.
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  • A breed of vultures, called by the locals 'Jagudi' fly away early morning at Djalinkunda center, an NGO house near K-3 village.
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  • View of the local market at Ingore.
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  • A woman walks by down the road to Farim.
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  • A woman cooking lunch with red tomatoes at the Djalikunda center, an NGO house near K-3 village.
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  • A woman cooking lunch with red tomatoes at the Djalikunda center, an NGO house near K-3 village.
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