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ASIA 60 images Created 12 Nov 2008

"On these pages are ghosts of what I have seen. In an instant these images are ripped out of time and stripped of their context - the heady incense of the forest, a rush of river water, the jostle and energy of a crowd. But in this new and mysterious state, these two-dimensional spirits of people and places become greater than they were, accepting silently as they do the designs and interpretations that must be placed upon them if we are to truly see our captives. Whether we linger over the play of shadows on a wall, wonder about someone's expression, or simply turn the pages in search of the new, each minute we spend looking at one of these photographs gives it a new life, and adds to the colors of our consciousness."
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. Lost in their own world, two sisters pray for the unknown at the tomb of Hazrat Lal Qalander. Pilgrims often come to ask for a change of fortune.
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  • Japan, Miyajima, 1999. On New Year, thousands of people come for worship at Itsukushima-jinja, a Shinto shrine on Miyajima Island.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Undaunted by the freezing temperatures, a woman takes her time reciting prayers in the main courtyard of Wutai Shan's TayuanTemple.
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2007. A Hindu family sends prayers into the Ramkund, which holds water from the Godavari River.
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  • Sri Lanka, Polunnaruwa, 2006. In the graceful stone hand of a Buddha, a frangipani blossom rests. The majority Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhists.
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  • Sri Lanka, Kurunegala, 2006. A daughter lets go, her mother dead now at fifty. With two brothers to help, and a father passed away, the children must now fend for themselves.
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. Evening prayer at the Shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi, a Sufi saint renowned for the fervor of his disciples.
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  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. Paper shoes and photographs of long lost relatives are sent to heaven during the week-long Tet New Year Festival.
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. Adorned with some forty pounds of steel around his arms and legs, a devotee spiritually chains himself to the outer gates of the tomb of Hazrat Lal Qalander.
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  • BURMA / MYANMAR. Shan State, Kalaw, Peinnebin Village, 2003. Women in the lead, Wan Tha's wedding procession arrives in Peinnebin after a full day's journey, dressed in their finest "longyis," or traditional skirts.
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  • Sri Lanka, Kurunegala, 2006. Family members bear their mother's coffin down a spirit path marked with white cloth. Firecerackers were thrown to scare ghosts before the burial.
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  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. The week-long Tet New Year festival is celebrated all over Vietnam. Near Cholon, Buddhists gather to burn heady clouds of incense.
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  • China, Beijing, 2007. Wooden prayer beads are a study in simplicity. Among the monks making pilgrimages to Yong He Gong, they are in constant use..
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2003. Awaiting transport across the Yangon River, this Buddhist monk is a study in composure during the midday heat.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2003. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon, 2003. On the streets of Burma's capital city, Shiva's trident helps a young Hindu boy survive. Yangon receives from the government only a fraction of the electricity it needs to function.
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  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. Tet is a time when houses are cleaned, debts are paid, and prayers said - a time to make everything right.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, 2003. Four young monks return home, in a rhythm unchanged for centuries. Only a small percentage of the temples on the Bagan plain have active communities.
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2006. An emblem of wholeness, impermanence, and mystery the world over, this circular mandala made of sand will be here one moment and gone the next.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2003. In public or in private, rituals of bathing and washing are an essential part of daily life in Burma. Rainy season is the only time of year relief from the heat comes during the day.
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  • China, Hezhuo, 2007. Riders wait on the crest of a hill to join a massive display of horses and horsemanship at the Hezhuo Cultural Festival..
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Thanlyin, 2003. These rock breakers paused for only a moment during their punishingly difficult work. It is common to find women  and young men like these on road crews.
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  • Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, 2004. On the hand of a child, wedding henna, and a welcome from Tahkt-e Bhai, a close-knit town outside Peshawar. Behind high walls, the women could be heard celebrating separately.
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  • China, Anye Machen, 2007. Prayer flags at a Qinghai "mani ka," or prayer hill. Inscribed with verse, and tied to the highest places men can reach, prayers are released to heaven each time the wind blows..
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  • China, Anye Machen, 2007. These hardy souls tend yak at 15,000 feet near Anye Machen, a mountain sacred to Buddhists. Subsisting almost entirely on their animals, they are self-sufficient in a forbidding place..
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  • China, Xiahe, 2007. The strongest young riders and the fastest horses are chosen for a single wild race at this nomad ceremony near the Sanke Pass in Gansu Province.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko listen quietly to readings from the holy book of the Palaung tribe. Both 17 years old, their marriage was blessed by everyone in the village.
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  • China, Taiyuan, 2008. A factory worker leaves his home next to "Tai Gang," Taiyuan Iron and Steel, Shanxi's largest employer and a vital part of China's metal production capacity..
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  • China, Taiyuan, 2003. A female Chinese opera performer waits in the wings for her entrance. Traditional costumes can often be quite heavy, and makeup elaborate.
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  • India, Karnataka, Gokarna, 2006. A Keralan Hindu priest carries the symbolic birth fire backwards for over five miles to initiate the evening's prayers.
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  • India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 1999. Two brothers row on the Ganges in the magic light of early morning. In winter, the great, wide river is at its slowest and most peaceful.
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2007. Wedding participants share the joy of their friend's wedding. Women will walk along the route with these jars on their heads.
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  • South Korea, Sokcho, 2001. "Doltap," or Buddhist prayers made with stones, beside a frozen riverbank deep in South Korea's forested eastern seacoast.
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  • India, Uttar Pradesh; Varanasi, 1999. One to back the plank against the hammer's blow, the other to strike home a handmade tarred nail, these Varanasi boat builders are experts.
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. River dwellers manage to eke out a living out near Karachi's toxic and often dry waterways.
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  • Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2006. Hindus believe that through its stem, the lotus is connected to the center of the earth. An astonishing palette of colors can be found at the local markets.
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha, 2003. Afternoon light in Luang Prabang reveals a sublime golden goddess rising skyward like a lotus.
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  • Japan, Tokyo, 1999. In Buddhism, Kannon, the goddess of compassion, releases us from suffering.
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  • Japan, Saitama, 1999. Three days of joyous winter celebrations culminate in the drawing of huge floats, or "yatai," through the streets.
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  • China, Anye Machen, 2007. A full "kora," or circumnavigation, of this holy mountain takes Buddhist pilgrims eight to ten days. At a base elevation of almost ten thousand feet, it is cold here year round..
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  • Japan, Kanazawa, 1999. Old and young alike celebrate Hyakumangoku, marking one million "goku" of rice produced in the northern Honshu area.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. Sisters sit in the shade near the Yangon River ferry crossing. For too many Burmese children there is simply not enough to eat.
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  • China, Beijing, 2001. A boy surveys his "hutong," or traditional neighborhood. These low-slung communities are fast disappearing, as streets are widened, and concrete and steel construction replaces bricks in cities all over China..
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  • Laos, Vientiane, 2003. Lifeline for all, the Mekong River traverses Laos, enabling trade, communication and transport for thousands who depend on it.
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2007. In the soft light of early morning, the hands of a "sadhu" or holy man, relax in meditation.
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  • South Korea, Seoul, 2001. A line of police twenty-deep forces a protest to take a new route. Marchers routinely show their unity, and police respond in strength.
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  • South Korea, Busan, 2001. Winter persimmons are offered to Buddha at Busan's Pomosa Temple, far up in the forested hillsides behind the city.
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  • South Korea, Seoul, 2001. The peircing tones and minimalist sounds of the sacred Tae'je Ritual at Chongmyo Shrine, an island of wide royal spaces in the center of Seoul.
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  • Japan, Kyoto, 1999. Sensuous roof-lines are graced by autumn color at Kyoto's magnificent Ninna-ji Shinto shrine.
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. The golden dome of the shrine of Hazrat Lal Qalander, seen at sunset from the library of Dr. M. Ahsan Siddiqui.
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  • India, Haryana, Agra Road, 2007. Hundreds of Brahmin longhorn cattle follow an ancient grazing route alongside the main Delhi-Agra road.
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. Traffic nightmares in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, main port, and busiest city.
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. A young man's deadly pride and joy in the Sindhi desert. Guns are a fact of life this far from government eyes.
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. Led by a mullah, men and women pray together at Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine, an unusual practice at this beautiful Sufi shrine overlooking the Arabian Sea.
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  • Sri Lanka, Kandy, 2006. A lesson in lamp lighting at Sri Dada Maligawa, the Temple of the Tooth. Spiritual center for the Sinhalese, Kandy was the last Sri Lankan city to fall to European colonizers.
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  • India, Karnataka, Gokarna, 2006. This Hindu ritual honoring Ganesh, the elephant-headed god of good fortune, lasts for 24 hours.
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  • Sri Lanka, Dalhousie, 2006. At twilight, the pilgrim trail to the 2,243 meter summit of Sri Pada, or the "sacred footprint," is clearly visible from Dalhousie.
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha, 2003. A backward glance, an afternoon forever recalled, of sunshine and quiet in rural Laos.
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha, 2003. Though this tiny Buddhist temple, or "wat," is far from town, it is home to two young brothers, who maintain it with care.
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  • Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, Chitral, 2004. A waking dream, or only an expression. In a young Chitrali girl's eyes, past and future side by side.
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