Asian Geographic - 01.01.2018
noTES fRom a TRavEl PhoTogRaPhER MANNY LIBRODO SHARES HIS IMPRESSIONS OF SONY’S α9 CAMERA WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING THE EAGLE FESTIVAL ...
festival highlights February March PhiliPPines JAN 1 AGUMAN SANDUK Men dress up as beauty queens in this festival of farce Thail ...
April May June jaPan APr 1 KANAMARA MATSURI The Festival of the Steel Phallus at a local penis- venerating shrine sOuTh kOrea mA ...
festival highlights July August September mOnGOlia JUl 11–15 NAADAM Games of Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery held ...
October November December Turkey dec (TBC) MEVLANA WHIRLING DERVISHES Whirling dervishes find inner peace to remember Rumi GeOrG ...
CHINA Da Shuhua (March) • Dongba Fair (April) • Sister’s Meal Festival (April–May) • Dragonboat Festival (June) Macau: Tou Tei F ...
Wrestlers battle it out during Naadam in Kharkhorin, Mongolia ...
east asia Games of the Great Khan THE NAADAM GAMES IN MONGOLIA SEND THE COUNTRY INTO A FESTIVE FRENZY EVERY SUMMER AS PEOPLE REV ...
A group of competitors watches the other events at Naadam ...
28 Summer is undeniably the best season to travel in Mongolia (unless you want to freeze, that is). The mild weather, long sunsh ...
29 above Spectators at the annual wrestling matches during the opening ceremony of Naadam in Ulaanbaatar right Mongolian soldier ...
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31 The winner then plays out a ritual called devekh, or the “eagle dance”. The fact that many matches are played simultaneously ...
32 The only action that was taken was a new rule enforcing that helmets are compulsory, although many in the rural competitions ...
33 ZIGOR ALDAMA is the Far East Asia correspondent for Vocento, Spain’s largest media group. His work often revolves around soci ...
east asia WHEN June 18, 2018 WHERE Cities across China, especially Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian Provinces HOW There a ...
WHEN November 2–4, 2018 WHERE Karatsu, Kyushu HOW Karatsu is located in Saga Prefecture. Catch the train from Fukuoka (1 hour 50 ...
east asia WHEN July 20–29, 2018 WHERE Daecheon Beach, Boryeong HOW Catch a bus to Boryeong (2 hours 10 minutes), which is 200 ki ...
EXPERIENCE AMI HARVEST FESTIVAL WHEN In July and August (TBC) WHERE 40 areas across Hualien, Taitung, and Pingtung counties in e ...
CAMBODIA VIETNAM THAILAND PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE MYANMAR MALAYSIA INDONESIA IMAGE © SHUTTERSTOCK Southeast Asia ...
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