ASIAN Geographic celebrates Diwali!
Whether you refer to it as Diwali, Deepavali, Dipavali, Dewali, Deepawali, or the Festival of Lights, this day is the brightest of them all....
At the End of the World
Text and Photos by MAGDA BISKUP
THE PICKUP TRUCK was slowly climbing up the steep and unusually bumpy dirt road. I was squeezed between my...
Bye-Bye Boat: Rituals on Savu
Text by Khong Swee Lin. Photos by Carl-Bernd Kaehlig
A riot of mystical symbols and shapes dances across the weavings. Undulating lines, geometric motifs, animals,...
Chiang Mai’s Three Traditional Handicrafts
Thailand's northern city of Thailand was once the center of knowledge, architecture and commerce. Traders and travellers alike brought with them handicrafts like silverware, parasols and woodcarvings, all of which are still made today.
Spiritual Skin
For centuries, indigenous tattooists working across Asia have marked human skin with powerful designs and symbols in their quest to signal ethnic identity and render the body sacred. Carried through life and onwards into death, these marks of humanity testify to an ancestral legacy that is in danger of gradually fading away.
Daggers Forged in Fire
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...
Cebu Celebrates – The Kaumahan Festival
Text & photos by Rudi Roels
When I travel to Asia, I try to choose my travel dates so that they match up with the...
Epic Encounters : Trailblazing Cambodian Theatre
Internationally-touring theatre company Epic Encounters showcases the many talents of performers with disabilities
Text Jennie Pearson
Photos Charlotte Hodges/Photographers Without Borders
To get a drink the way...
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