Posts tagged culture.

quietbystander:

Gelak by anwarsiak***sibuk*** on Flickr.

awkwardsituationist:

portraits of iranian children who work as brick makers. photos mohammadreza momeni

riskofdisorder:

One reason on why I’m proud to be Cambodian. Our culture is so beautiful especially our dancing attire. This woman right here is called an “Apsara.”

quietbystander:

These Tusks, Thailand

Deeply rooted in Thai culture, elephant training has traditionally been a familial heritage passed down through the generations. A mahout, one who ‘drives’ an elephant, is typically young when he is entrusted with an adolescent elephant to train. The pair will remain together throughout the elephant’s lifespan of around seventy years of age. As part of the daily routine, mahouts bring their elephants to bathe in the rivers. Here the mahout ushers his animal into the river with a tender intimacy. The pair sleep twenty feet from each other at night. Before 1989, most domestic elephants were used for logging and forest service to haul logs up mountains. This became illegal as widespread destruction of Thailand’s forests resulted in worsening monsoons. Unlike the elephant populations of India and Africa, 95% of Thailand’s elephants are domesticated working elephants and privately owned.(By Lisa Kristine Fine Art Photography)

fotojournalismus:

Boys taking part in “Little Buddha Camp,” in which they experience a monk’s life for three weeks, hold lanterns while watching a video in Seoul, South Korea on May 15, 2013.

[Credit : Ahn Young-joon/AP]

travelingcolors:

Lanterns of Lijiang | China (by Fredrik Nyberg)

crypticstanza:

The Moroccan Pavilion at Putrajaya Botanical Garden - Malaysia

intothegreatunknown:

Luang Prabang

quietbystander:

DSC_4758 by ichauvel on Flickr.

Cambodian cutie pie

bu-hashem:

“Spirituality through reading”