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Georgia: Feasting with the Spirits in a Dying Village
By Temo Bardzimashvili
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 5 February 2011
Stats: 2,033 views and 2 Comments

“Tonight starts the remembrance of the spirits’ holiday. Let’s praise the souls of the dead!” Mamuka Qaldani, a thirty-eight-year-old livestock herder from Georgian mountain village of Adishi, proposes a toast at the local cemetery and then belts down a shot of vodka. Representatives from all families of the village are also here – on [...]

South Africa: Real Action Pantsula Dancers
By Alexia Webster
Posted in all, features, africa, slides on 14 November 2010
Stats: 4,399 views and 1 Comment

Pantsula culture was born some time in the 1950’s and 60’s in the townships of South Africa. It initially refered to a style of dress but grew into a culture and eventually a dance form. By the 1980’s when the townships were in flames and Apartheid police were at war with young black men in [...]

Greece: A Beach For People With Special Needs
By Iakovos Hatzistavrou
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 14 November 2010
Stats: 2,677 views and 1 Comment

A few miles away from the center of Athens, there is a beach where people with disabilities and their friends and family members can meet up and socialize. The atmosphere is rich with emotions.
I started this documentary project a few months before, and now realize that this project will be a long term project, maybe [...]

Latvia: Blondes To Fight Crisis
By Delmi Alvarez
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 5 July 2010
Stats: 2,919 views and 1 Comment

There weren’t as many blondes on May 29, 2010 in Riga as expected by organizers, “tens of thousands”, but the event was conceived to change the public mood in Latvia, a country in Europe hit hard by economic crisis. The Latvian press said that this ‘Go Blonde’ will be a major tourist attraction for the [...]

Turkey: Istanbul, Crossroad Of Cultures
By Delmi Alvarez
Posted in all, features, greater middle east, slides on 21 May 2010
Stats: 2,805 views and 2 Comments

Istanbul was an ongoing issue in my travels. I have to admit that it has been a pleasant surprise, even though in this the first time, were a few days which I dedicated to photographing.
Istanbul, I was impressed by the warm hospitality of the Turks not to mention a tourist [...]

India: Alley Of Magic
By Arindam Mukherjee
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 16 May 2010
Stats: 2,543 views and No Comments

A petite settlement in north-west Delhi has a shade of wonder added to it! The ‘Kathputli Colony’ - as it is popularly known is no different from a typical Indian slum with its worn-out shanties, dirty lanes and pitiable basic infrastructure. But the people who throng the alleys of this illegal skid row are sorcerers [...]