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Nine-year-old Thai tattooist makes his mark
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» Wielding a cumbersome tattoo gun with his small hands swamped in surgical gloves, nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn expertly inks the pattern of a fanged serpent on a man's upper thigh.
Sea of humanity at Kumbh Mela pilgrimage
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» PRAYAGRAJ, India - Millions of Hindu pilgrims are gathering in India to bathe in sacred waters for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela festival — from the very old to babies, cave-dwelling monks to science teachers.
Bollywood seeks boost with 'Forrest Gump' remake
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» MUMBAI: One of India's biggest stars is banking on a remake of Hollywood feelgood hit "Forrest Gump" to revive the fortunes of Hindi-language Bollywood, after a string of weak box-office showings.
Hundreds of thousands take holy dip in India
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» HARIDWAR, India: Naked, dreadlocked holymen were among hundred of thousands of jubilant Hindu pilgrims who thronged the banks of India's Ganges river on Thursday, ignoring any coronavirus threat, for one of the nation's most famous and colourful religious festivals.
Myanmar youth look to election and beyond
AFP, Published on 06/11/2020
» YANGON: Five million young voters will be able to cast their ballots for the first time in Myanmar's election on Sunday -- about 14% of the electorate.
Finding Nagaland: Tribes on India-Myanmar frontier dream of unity
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» LONGWA, Myanmar: The king of the Konyak tribe sleeps in Myanmar, but eats in India -- his house, village and people divided by a mountain border which serves as a vulnerable lifeline now severed by a coronavirus lockdown.
Sleep at last for Varanasi's keepers of cremation fires
AFP, Published on 15/04/2020
» VARANASI, India: The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges river in Varanasi, the mystical Indian city where Hindus believe being cremated will free them from the cycle of rebirth.
Science and shamanism: Medicine meets Myanmar's far-flung Naga tribes
AFP, Published on 12/03/2020
» SATPALAW SHAUNG (MYANMAR) - With Malaria and tuberculosis screening out front and sacrifices to jungle gods out back, health worker Htan Pi and her shaman mother are an unlikely double-act in their isolated Myanmar village.
Myanmar's last generation of tattooed headhunters
AFP, Published on 27/02/2020
» LONGWA (MYANMAR) - Ngon Pok remembers his father and grandfather returning triumphantly to his tribal village in Myanmar's far north with a human head -- and the agony of the tattoo he was given to celebrate their victory.
Myanmar's most isolated pray for harvest
AFP, Published on 19/02/2020
» SATPALAW SHAUNG, Myanmar: A haunting refrain pierces the night as the tribeswomen of the Gongwang Bonyo, among the most isolated people in Myanmar, dance around a campfire to bless the harvest ahead.