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14. Nowruz

Blog entries, Festival
We are back in Ashgabat, and we happen to be there, not entirely coincidentally, at Nowruz, the Iranian celebration of New Year. Which is not only celebrated in Iran, but also in neighbouring Turkmenistan. A little outside town is a huge exhibition ground, where the official celebrations are being held. This is not a thing [...]
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60. Siliguri

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Our arrival in Siliguri could not have been timed worse. Today is Ram Navami, the Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Rama. The entire city is coloured orange, from large and small flags, from garlands across the roads, from people’s dresses. Dutch football supporters could learn a thing or two. But from what [...]
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more portraits

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Just like in Longwa, the village of Sheanghah Chingnyu also invites for some great photographs of the locals. Men, in traditional dress, complete with hats and wild pig teeth, or not. The women, contenders in the spinning competition. And the chief, with horns through his earlobes. Note that the tattooed former head hunters have been [...]
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the games

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It is not the best of sports photography, but I think the games at the Aolyang Festival in Sheanghah Chingnyu do warrant some extra attention. Walking on stilts, they do that at the annual festival in our Dutch village, too, but running, no way! And the inventors of the pole climbing competition, how mean can [...]
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57. Sheanghah Chingnyu

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As the festival in Longwa is finished, at least the public part of it – the villagers themselves party another three days, but privately, in families and clans – we spend the next day in another village, Sheanghah Chingnyu, where Aolyang is celebrated a day later. And whilst we anticipated on similar delays staring up [...]
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the Longwa portraits

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The Aolyang Festival in Longwa is not a festival for tourists, although there were a few, both international and from other parts of India. The people who celebrate do that for themselves, and they dress up in their traditional cloths, also for themselves, and for their community. Notwithstanding, they are proud enough to not just [...]
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the Longwa kids

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The Aolyang Festival in Longwa is for everybody, and not just the grown-ups. Those too old to participate will still turn up and watch, from the sidelines. But what is more, almost nobody seems too young to participate. Lots of children, especially among the boys, have dressed up in traditional cloths, complete with paraphernalia. And [...]
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56. the Aolyang festival

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The annual Aolyang festival of the Konyak tribe in Longwa celebrates the start of a new year, linked to the growing season. It is a six-day festival, for which the people dress up in traditional gear. The men wear a loin cloth – and a sports short underneath, these days, or simply trousers -,  and [...]
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34. the festival

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It happens to be Tibetan New Year, called Losar. And this is celebrated in Dirang for all the villages in the surrounding, many of which have sent their traditional dance groups to the festival. The groups are small, perhaps four of five people each, but all have been dressed up, with costumes, masks, and colourful [...]
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10. Zaqatala

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Close to the border, un-touristic Zaqatala has not too many sights to offer; but, it has the annual nuts festival!
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