Asian Geographic - 01.01.2018
THAILAND Chiang Mai Flower Festival (February) • Songkran (April) • Phuket Vegetarian Festival (October) • Surin Elephant Roundu ...
southeast asia Pachyderm Parade THE SURIN ELEPHANT ROUNDUP HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THAILAND’S ROYAL HUNTS IN THE AYUTTHAYA PERIOD. TO ...
An elephant grazes at dusk at the mahout camp area in Surin ...
42 Although it may feel as though it is tailormade for tourists, the Surin Elephant Roundup is a cultural window into man’s long ...
43 left A traditional wooden carving of a decorated elephant sits backstage above Actors re-enact a battle between Thai and Burm ...
44 Saturday morning starts at Si Narong stadium, dubbed “elephant stadium”, where all the elephants gather and take part in a pa ...
45 left Elephants play a game of football – much to the delight of the crowd below Elaborately dressed performers wait backstage ...
46 But the other harsh reality is that returning to the jungle is simply not an option for trained pachyderms, and so tourism of ...
47 BRENT LEWIN is an award-winning photographer based in Bangkok, Thailand. His work has been featured in National Geographic, t ...
southeast asia A Cross to Bear SPANISH COLONISATION BROUGHT CATHOLICISM TO THE PHILIPPINES, WHERE THE PASSION OF CHRIST IS HONOU ...
Catholic devotee Rubén Enaje in the re-enactment of the crucifixion, which he has participated in for 25 years ...
50 The sight of people passing out is common during the Holy Week celebrations in San Pedro Cutud, a small town 75 kilometres no ...
51 above Rubén Enaje cooks dinner with his family. As a famous figure in the Philippines’ Holy Week, local and international med ...
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53 Moreover, the locals admit that their bloody Easter has become a good source of income, which explains why other towns in the ...
Not far from where Enaje is getting ready for the most gruesome part of the dramatisation, another devotee, Rolando Ocampo, 63, ...
55 ZIGOR ALDAMA is the Far East Asia correspondent for Vocento, Spain’s largest media group. His work often revolves around soci ...
56 southeast asia Baptism of Fire WITH EXPLODING FIREWORKS SHOWERING CROWDS IN SPARKS AND SOMETIMES FLAME, THE TAUNGGYI FIRE BAL ...
A sein na pan candle balloon lifts a fiery mural into the air ...
58 This festival is held around the full moon of Tazaungmon, marking the end of the rainy season; it is also sometimes referred ...
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