“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” – Oscar Wilde
April 1st, Skopje, Macedonia…
As soon as the night covers the city they start coming out…Action heroes, Osamas, Fallen angels, Venice gondoliers (without the gondolas), Japanese geishas, Transgendered Snow Whites and dwarfs, [...]

 
It is hard to explain why here, in the vicinity of Nizhnii Novgorod and Pavlov-on-Oka are the goose fights held. It is not to be confused with a rifle hunting for goose, oh no. Every year, in one of the March Sundays, the main event for all goose owners is held- goose fight. This year [...]

“Do you know where the Habibia college is?”
“Yes of course,” he said, lowering the taxi’s window and shaking my hand
“Can you take me there for 100 Afghani?”
“I am sorry, I can’t but what about 120?”
“Ok,then no problem.”

This was typical of the conversations I would have with taxi drivers as I tried to make [...]

 
The Indonesian whale hunter village, Lamalera Rain mostly exists in the prayers of Christian people of Lamalera. The rocky mountains surrounding the village where a thousand people live ; is not suitable for breeding animals; no vegetables and fruits can survive in the bare, burnt-out ground. There is only the sea, and its fruits to [...]

Laurent Delaporte, of Emmanville near Rouen has always made cider with his grandfather’s wooden press. He uses special apples from his father’s small farm and also from some land he owns nearby. Making cider this way is very labour intensive. Most people use a hydraulic press that is brought from village to village, squeezing the [...]

In an increasingly globalised world, indigenous peoples like the famous Masais (Maasai) tribes of Kenya and Tanzania are facing radical changes in their traditions and lifestyle. Traditionally the Masais are a nomadic people, moving around on the savannah to graze their goats and cattle. The Kenyan government has tried to persuade them away from their [...]