Jewelled Princes

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The Shan people celebrate the ordination of young Buddhist novices with Poy Sang Long – an extravagant spiritual party that usually takes place between...

Island of Tongues

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Researchers say one-fifth of the world’s languages – including numerous Asian dialects – developed from the lingua franca of Taiwanese aborigines. Few will associate primarily...

Asia’s Broken Soles

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Jia Sidao, the ambitious chancellor of the Song dynasty, creeps over to the daughter of the late emperor. He lulls the trusting little girl...
Qusbegi: The Lord of Birds

Qusbegi: The Lord of Birds

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Text and images by Bryan Chan and Marija Savic Fitted in an enormous cowhide coat and a colourful peaked hat ringed with fur, the qusbegi...
Empu forging the keris dagger

Daggers Forged in Fire

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Text and images by Diego A. Garcia Of the countless weapons bought and sold every day around the world, relatively few can be considered a...
Hibaku Tree of Hiroshima

Hibaku: The Witness Trees of Hiroshima

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Almost 200 trees survived the direct effects of the Hiroshima atomic blast on August 6, 1945, and are now called hibaku jumoku – the survivor trees.
A woman working in a paddy field, in Shan State, Myanmar

Fading into Oblivion

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Text by Rajeswari Vikirama and Rachel Kwek Language experts say half of the world’s nearly 7,000 languages are expected to be extinct by the end...

The S.E.A. Write Award Ceremony

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A Prestigious ASEAN Award Presented to the 2016-18 Winners Since 1979, the S.E.A. Write Award, or the Southeast Asian Writers Award, has been presented annually...