Asian Geographic - April 2018

A Layap woman collects cordyceps at an altitude of 5,000 metres with an umbrella nearby to shelter her son from the rain. Entire ...

Pre 2004 Cordyceps is harvested illegally in Bhutan and smuggled out via Tibet due to high demand from Chinese consumers 2004 A ...

DATA SOURCES: BHUTAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND COOPERATIVES, DRAGON HERBS BHUTAN, SANGAY WANGCHUK, THE THIRD POLE ...

Near Tulamben village in Bali, a battle is taking place in the shadow of Mount Agung. With crops destroyed and tourists fled, th ...

“The original aspiration of the profession is noble: to produce a classy specimen that is proud, pure and elegant” I Nyoman Darm ...

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. So goes the ancient adage about retaliatory justice – also known by the Latin term le ...

severity of punishments could be inferred. Legal agreements were ratified through the swearing of oaths before pagan gods, and c ...

The 15 little girls are waiting for the priest to bless everything, including their new, symbolic husband: a fruit. They run and ...

nuptials, with the final one culminating in union with a man. For these little brides, Ihi is the first step. Sitting in their f ...

Loud clanging sometimes sounds out amid the twisting alleyways near Bangkok’s Golden Mountain temple. Here, hidden in a side str ...

making bowls again despite years of retirement due to bad health and failing strength. Having been in the business for 63 years, ...

The Chinese seal – a mainstay in the country’s arsenal of writing supplies – is truly a resilient piece of stationery. So rarely ...

far lEft Ar tists and scholars who liked a particular artwork would stamp their seal on it, alongside appreciative reviews lEft ...

When she finished praying, my grandmother kowtowed three times to the Buddha. As she stood up she slightly lost her balance, whi ...

above To appear attractive to men, Yu- fang, like many women of the time, practised foot binding and wore special shoes PHOTOS © ...

Few will associate primarily Mandarin- speaking, Japanese-influenced Taiwan with the roots of vernaculars spoken by over 300 mil ...

DATA SOURCES: BBC, BRITANNICA, LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD, JUNE TSAI, LANGUAGE GULPER, FOX NEWS, ABOUT WORLD LANGUAGES, INDIGENOUS W ...

World Distribution of Austronesian Speakers water buffalo, and canoes – matching Neolithic finds in Taiwan. Nine of the 10 Austr ...

ADEX SHENZHEN SHENZHEN OCEAN FESTIVAL SINCE 2017 ADEX BEIJING BEIJING OCEAN WEEK SINCE 2015 Poly International Exhibition Center ...

Holy Hermit Healers Ruesi have wandered the Thai wilderness for hundreds of years. All but forgotten, these “wizards of the fore ...