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What better way to conquer your fears than by facing and embodying them? The Bugamo Tribe – one of the more than a thousand cultural groups that exist in Papua New Guinea – live in Chimbu (Simbu) Province, high in the mountainous central highlands. Completely unknown to outsiders until the mid-1900s, elders tell stories about their […]

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I just love the photogenic faces of India! So much of Indian life happens in the streets and public spaces. As a foreigner, wandering around  – either alone, or in the company of a guide or group – I have always found that my cameras and I are welcomed into that street life. I meet […]

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They are as colourful and distinctive as the birds of paradise that live high in the jungle tree-tops. Today, the iconic Huli Wig Men of Hela Province in the Southern Highlands are immediately recognisable from advertising campaigns promoting travel and sing sings (festivals of culture, music and dance) in Papua New Guinea. Less than 100 years ago, however, […]

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You could call them Ethiopia’s 0.1%. That is the approximate proportion that the Hamar (or Hamer) people, an agro-pastoralist tribe in the Omo Valley, make up of Ethiopia’s total. Most of these Hamer-speaking people still live a traditional, semi-nomadic lifestyle on their fertile tribal lands in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of the country. Care […]

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Barcelona is unique. The second largest city in Spain, Barcelona is touted as one of the world’s leading tourist, economic, trade fair, and cultural centres. It is the capital of the semi-autonomous community of Catalonia, a wealthy area of 7.5 million people with its own language and culture and distinct history. As the regional capitol, […]

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