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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
PubliSher/editorial director
John THET • [email protected]
aSSociate editorS
Rachel Genevieve CHIA • [email protected]
Ian BONGSO-SELDRUP • [email protected]
editorial SuPPort
Jun Xi LIM • [email protected]


D E S I G N
art director
Shellen TEH • [email protected]
Web/it
Dutch CATALON • [email protected]

ADVERTISING & M AR K ETING
accountS managerS
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eventS & marketing manager
Berri TAY • [email protected]
eventS & marketing executive
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CIRCULATION
Senior traffic/Production manager
Victor OW • [email protected]

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

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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

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