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chairman

LIM Geok Khoon

REFLECTIONS

28 Doctor’s Orders

REvEaLEd

30 Homemade Moonshine

BY ALEX BESCOBY

aRT

32 A Dyeing Art

BY SIRSENDU GAYEN

SCIENCE

34 Cosmetic Improvements

WILdLIFE

42 Cock of the Roost

BY SUTANTA ADITYA

GEOGRaphy

44 Letter of the Law

CuLTuRE

48 Vanishing Act

BY PONGKIAT RUNGROJKARNKA

hERITaGE

50 Stamp of Authority

LITERaTuRE

52 Wife Material

BY JUNG CHANG

LaNGuaGE

54 Island of Tongues

MEMORIES

92 Music to Her Ears

paSSpORT

94 Precious Conventions

BY LIM JUN XI

TIMELESS

11 2 Thinking of My Brothers on

the Double Ninth Festival

BY WANG WEI

E D I T O R I A L
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D E S I G N

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CIRCULATION

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CONTR IBUTORS

Sutanta ADITYA

Alex BESCOBY

Jung CHANG

Elena del E S TA L

Sirsendu GAYEN

Lester V. LEDESMA

Claudia Xiaoli LEE

Ram PAUDEL

Pongkiat RUNGROJKARNKA

Tanya SHARAPOVA

Claudio SIEBER

Wei WANG

Francis WILMER

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pICTuRESquE

Old as the Hills

Nestled in the wilderness, southwest

China’s largest minority tribe lives a

world away from civilisation

BY CLAUDIA XIAOLI LEE

16

NaTuRE

Bhutan’s Magic Mushrooms

The shepherds of the Himalayas are

just over a decade into a new tradition

built on rocky foundations, for the

rare fungi they harvest may soon

cease to grow

BY TANYA SHARAPOVA

36

CuLTuRE

Newari Nuptials

Born of an ancient custom to protect

underage girls, women wed as early as

five and typically take three husbands

BY ELENA DEL ESTAL

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traditional practices