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53. Mokokchung and the Ao villages (2)

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Mopungchuket There are a few villages left, still. One is Mopungchuket, a village like all others, except that it has the name to be somewhat of a tourist attraction. Not that there are any tourists at all, no, no, but the village has a museum! With a ticket booth. Not that there is anybody to [...]
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Zakhama village

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I also added some extra photo’s for Zakhama village (sometimes called Jakhama), another Angami tribe villages outside Kohima. There are no traditional houses with machete-like totems on the roof, like in Kigwema, but the people are equally friendly. What is special about Jaghama is the widespread decoration with flowers, everywhere in the village, in the [...]
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42. the pottery village

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I have seen village pottery making before, on my travels. But never was I so fascinated by the process as here in Falmora, a specialist pottery village on Majuli Island. Especially the bakery of the pots is great. On a small hill, a mountain of pots is created by stacking larger and smaller pots densely [...]
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41. Majuli

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Majuli is the biggest riverine island in the world (although there is some competition with an island in Brazil, depending on exact definitions). But the question is, for how long? At the beginning of the 20th Century the size of the island was over 1200 km2, which has reduced to under 400 km now, due [...]
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18. Panam Nagar

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Panam Nagar, or Panam City, was the 15th C capital of what was called the Bhati region, obviously predating Bangladesh – although de people here refer to it as the old capital. It flourished during Mughal times, but declined in the 17th C, when it lost its status as a capital city. In the 19th [...]
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26 March 2023

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If we ever were curious about the landscape inland Benin, we have now satisfied our curiosity. It is pretty boring. Lots of green, lots of palm trees – for palm oil industry, presumably, no coconuts. And dusty villages, square brick or adobe houses with the inevitable corrugated iron on the roof. And thatch, suggesting greater [...]
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8 March 2023

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The real expedition has started, we are off! We have left. For real. This morning a wakeup call at 5 am, breakfast, packing the truck, and off we go at 6 am sharp. The plan, suitably vague, for the next few days – two, or maybe three, equally vague – is to visit some villages [...]
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30. Holloko

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The tourist trail we have been following the last few days finds its culmination in Holloko, supposed traditional village. I begin to wonder whether a UNESCO listing is a blessing or a curse. Holloko is yet another village declared World Heritage Site, and like that other village we encountered earlier, Vlkolinec in Slovakia, it seems [...]
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13. Vlkolinec

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Picture-perfect village Vlkolinec is a little too perfect, for my liking. There is another village that needs to be visited. Vlkolinec is located on the slopes of the Siderovo mountain, with a little over 1000 m one of the highest peaks in the Liptov region south of Orava. The village, UNESCO World Heritage Site, consists [...]
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11. Cicmany

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Driving north through the Turiac Valley we come across several towns, where museum visiets are a challenge; contrary to the open-air museum of Cicmany, a unique village with decorated wooden houses. Today was another one of those days for driving from one place to another, with again a couple of rarities thrown in for good [...]
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