The bucolic life of a village in southwestern China. Satellite dishes on rooftops compete with bird cages hanging under the eaves of centuries old homes.
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An elderly Balinese woman clutches a small bouquet of plumeria (frangipani) blossoms. Balinese Hindus often use these flowers in their temple offerings and religious ceremonies.
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Three men on a motorbike riding down the highway.
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The Kayan people are native to Myanmar. The women wear coils (not rings) made of brass around their necks as it conforms to their beauty standard. The coils are wound around the neck of girls starting with 9 coils at age 9 and increasing by one coil per year and topping out at about 24+ coils. Over time the coils can weigh up to 20 lbs. While it would appear that their necks are being stretched by the coils, this is actually an optical illusion as stretching the cervical spine and spinal cord would result in severe nerve damage if not outright paralysis. If you look at the neck xrays of these women, what is actually happening is that the heavy brass coils eventually push down the clavicles and compress the upper section of the ribs, making the neck appear longer than normal.
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A monk spins a prayer wheel at a dzong in Bnutan. These large prayer wheels are often located at the entrance to a dzong and are spun by the faithful in a clockwise direction as they enter the inner courtyard of the monastery. Prayers wheels are a sacred symbol of devotion in Tibetan Buddhism (the type practiced in Bhutan), and worshippers turn prayer wheels to accumulate merit.
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