I am always intrigued by Asia and it's colorful cultures. Next few posts will be a visual diary of some of the colorful Asian cultures, especially Southeast Asia. I am hopeful that I will be able to educate myself and my friends on the blog world, about these exotic lands. In today's world we get a lot of negative coverage of some parts of the world, while researching for these posts I have discovered these lands are not that negative after all. These people are humans like us and colorful like us :)
Enjoy and keep me posted on any mistakes, omissions or for more information. (I am trying to do as much research as possible, and hoping I will be able to do do justice to these ancient cultures lands and societies through these posts).
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| Traditional dance by Afghan women |
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| Young Afghan girls |
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| Buzkashi Picture by veronique de viguerie |
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| Afghan boy with expressive eyes |
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| Young Afghan girl in traditional dress |
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| Shrine of Ali in Afghanistan (covered with blue tiles) |
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Minaret of Jam, Ghor Afghanistan, 203 ft high.
Built by baked bricks in 1190AD |
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Detail of brick work and blue tile at Minaret.
Calligraphy is from a chapter of Quran
named after "Mary" mother of Jesus
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| Bhutan dragon dance |
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| Bhutanese dancers in colorful costumes |
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| Bhutanese boy monks |
Thanks to: veronique de viguerie, google, US state dept, etc
Hello,
ReplyDeleteAl these colours are perfect to start 2013. Happy new year!
Greetin gs
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Jérôme
Happy new year to you too hope 2013 is good for all of mankind.
DeleteBeautiful photos! I was born in Vietnam, and lived there as well as Malaysia. Looking forward to this series. A colorful way to start 2013 - Thank you, my friend ~ L
ReplyDeleteHope I will be able to do a good job :). I have a mixed heritage, South Asian, Jewish and German :) very confusing :)
DeleteGreat pictures! Well done!
ReplyDeleteYou have German roots? That's great news. Are you able to speak german, too?
My German side goes so far back that I can't speak German the only German thing left is our family coat of arms, that originates in Germany :) Some times I think this might be the reason for my love of German products :)
DeleteYou have a coat of arms? You can be very proud of it. It's really not common in Germany as it is reserved to aristocracy.
ReplyDeleteWell I am stunned :) well I am no aristocracy :) :) I am happy to be a common person. Well it is so interesting that the world is so small, we all are connected we believe it or not.
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