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    • Vietnamese Street Ninjas – A Summer Tale
    • Eternal Wake – dead end in Manila’s North Cemetery
    • Farewell Jeepney! Phasing out the Pinoy’s pride
    • Sepik – Source of Life (Visual Story)
      • Sepik – Source of Life (Long Version)
    • Lamafa – Hunting the ancestor’s gift – Visual Story
    • Jeweled Princes – The path to enlightenment begins with a large party
    • “Love goes beyond death” – Torajas bizarre heritage – Overview
      • Love goes beyond death – Torajas bizarre heritage – full story
        • Interview in HUCK Magazine
        • Publication – the guardian
        • Publication – Post Mag (South China Morning Post)
    • Alone! The Robinson Experiment – 10 days castaway on a deserted island
    • “The Forgotten” A glimpse of Borneo’s Seafari People – The Bajau
    • Hanoi’s most popular icon is about to vanish – The Street Vendors
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      • Unleashed Hell – The good brothers and sisters on the loose
      • Master Du and the floating lanterns – Keeping the spirits at bay
      • Pudu Universal Salvation – Feeding the needy
      • Nana’s Transformation – Healing the cursed
      • Lavish afterlife – Yean’s Paper Art
      • Catching the strays – Leashed Hell
      • Cheng Huang God Patrol
      • Devotion – Otherworldly Assistance
      • Joss Paper – Spiritual Currency
    • Papua New Guinea
      • Sepik – Source of Life (Visual Story)
      • Papua New Guinea – Sepik Region – Crocodile Festival
      • Papua New Guinea – Sepik Region – Swagup to Palambei
      • The Shark Callers of Kontu
    • Philippines
      • The Cordilleras – Luzon’s Rice Terraces
      • MassKara Festival (Bacalod – Negros Oriental)
      • Eternal Wake – dead end in Manila’s North Cemetery
      • Eternal Wake – dead end in Manila’s North Cemetery – Videography
      • Farwell Jeepney! Phasing out the Pinoy’s pride
    • Timor-Leste
      • Balibo to Suai
      • Avo Lafeik – Suai Loro
      • Maubisse to Los Palos
    • Indonesia
      • 10 Days Castaway on a deserted island
      • Volcanic Indonesia
      • Nopan “Vespa Heaven”
      • Pacu Jawi – Bull Race in Padang Luar
      • Pacu Jawi – Bull Race – Black n White
      • Sumatra Road Trip – Medan to Jakarta
      • Toraja – Love goes beyond death – Overview
        • Love goes beyond death – Torajas bizarre heritage – full story
          • Interview in HUCK Magazine
          • Publication – the guardian
          • Publication – Post Mag (South China Morning Post)
        • Toma Kula – The Sick
        • Rambu Solo – Funeral
        • Ma Nene – Care of Ancestors – Overview
        • Ma’Nene – Care of Ancestors – Gallery
        • Ma Nene – Care of Ancestors – Selfies
        • Tato Dena – Aluk To Dolo
        • To Ma Pamanta – The Weatherman
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      • Bromo Volcano
      • Ijen Volcano
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      • Makepung – Traditional Bull Race in Bali
      • Komodo
      • Flores – Kelimutu
      • Lamalera’s Lamafa – Hunting the ancestor’s gift
        • Lamafa – Hunting the ancestor’s gift – Visual Story
        • Lamalera’s Lamafa – Overview
          • Lamalera’s Lamafa – Papa Alo
          • Lamalera’s Lamafa – Papa Petro
          • Lamalera’s Lamafa – Papa Ignasius
          • Lamalera’s Lamafa – Papa Manuel
          • Lamalera’s Lamafa – Papa Alfredus
    • Malaysia
      • Don’t Panic! Hitchhiking through Malaysia
      • George Town – Penang
      • Kota Bharu – Kelantan
      • Kuala Lumpur
      • Borneo – Sarawak
      • Borneo – Sarawak – Bumiputras
      • Pulau Tiga – Mount Kinabalu – Sepilog
      • Semporna & the Bajau
        • The Bajau “Birdseye View”
        • The Bajau “Portraits”
        • The Bajau “Black & White”
    • Brunei
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      • Selection – Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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      • Mui Ne Sand Dunes
      • Ly Son Island
      • Cam Rhang – Da Lat – Hoi An
      • Da Nang (at Night)
      • City of Ghosts – the cemetery of An Bang
      • Hue
      • Hue’s abandoned water park
      • Phong Nha Caves
      • Ho Chi Minh Trail
      • Son La Province
      • Sin Ho
      • Mu Cang Chai
      • Van Chan
      • Bac Ha and Can Cau
      • Ha Giang Province
      • Dong Van & Lung Cu Market
      • Cao Bang Province
      • Bac Son
      • Pa Then Fire Festival
      • Pa Then Fire Festival – Black and White
      • Cat Ba
      • Hanoi
        • Hanoi – Color Set
        • Hanoi – Black & White Set
        • Hanoi – Streetseller Set
        • Hanoi Streetseller Set – the bird’s eye –
        • Hanoi – Architecture Set
        • Hanoi – Barber Set – Color
        • Hanoi – Barber Set – Black and White
    • Cambodia
      • Ratanakiri Province
      • Siem Reap – Angkor Wat
      • Battambang
      • Tonle Sap – Kompong Luong
      • Phnom Penh
      • Kampot – Kep
      • Sihanoukville – Otrez – Koh Rong Samloem
    • Laos
      • Luang Prabang
      • Kuang Si Waterfall
      • Muang Sing – Boung Bang Fai
      • Phongsaly
      • Boun Tai Trek
      • Vientiane
      • Champasak, Bolaven Plateau & 4000 Islands
    • Thailand
      • Sak Yant – Thailand’s bizarre Tattoo traditions
      • Bangkok Black&White
      • Bangkok
      • Bangkok Airplane Graveyard
      • Maeklong Train Market Black/White
      • Maeklong Train Market
      • Tha Kha Floating Market
      • Ayutthaya
      • Jeweled Princes – The path to enlightenment begins with a large party
      • Chiang Rai
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      • Thai Islands
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      • Yangon
      • Inle Lake
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      • Kerala’s Backwater
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      • Andaman Islands
    • Nepal
      • Annapurna Circuit
      • Gokyo Trek
      • Kathmandu
      • Pokhara Paddy Planting Festival
    • China’s Southwest
      • Guilin
      • Danxia Landform Rainbow Mountains
      • Dongchuan
      • Yuanyang
      • Huanglong and Jiuszhaigou
      • Shangri La
      • Tiger Leaping Gorge
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Vietnamese Street Ninjas – A Summer Tale

Posted on 1. July 201917. July 2019 by Claudio Sieber
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Culture

Antique rice cultivation in the Cordilleras

Posted on 1. February 201914. February 2019 by Claudio Sieber
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Featured Article Portraits

Asian Cultures

Posted on 16. January 20195. July 2019 by Claudio Sieber
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Culture Featured Article

Sepik – Source of Life (Visual Story)

Posted on 3. December 201815. December 2018 by Claudio Sieber
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Sepik – Source of Life (Long Version)

Posted on 2. December 201820. December 2018 by Claudio Sieber
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Cities Culture

Masking for sugar’s sake

Posted on 2. November 201818. August 2019 by Claudio Sieber
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The 1 Horsepower Project – adventuring Timor-Leste’s backcountry by pony

Posted on 5. July 201811. December 2018 by Claudio Sieber
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Lamafa – Hunting the ancestor’s gift

Posted on 18. May 20182. December 2018 by Claudio Sieber
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Jeweled Princes – The path to enlightenment begins with a large party

Posted on 9. April 201830. October 2018 by Claudio Sieber
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Alone! The Robinson Experiment – 10 days castaway on a deserted island

Posted on 1. April 201817. March 2020 by Claudio Sieber
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#Repost @fluter with @make_repost ・・・ Wie überall in Südostasien singen die Leute gerne #Karaoke, wie überall auf der Welt spielen Kinder Videospiele und sind im Netz unterwegs. Nur, dass sie das hier eben zwischen und auf Gräbern tun. 📸 @claudiosieberphotography hat ein Leben zwischen den Toten begleitet. 🔗im Profil . . #mieten #reportage #friedhof #politischebildung
#Repost @viceind with @make_repost ・・・ Suku Bajo di luar wilayah Sulawesi seringkali tak memiliki kewarganegaraan dan dijuluki ‘pengembara laut’. Mereka sudah ribuan tahun tinggal di atas samudra. Simak foto-foto lainnya di VICE.com. Link di bio. #viceindonesia - 📸 @claudiosieberphotography From the story “THE FORGOTTEN” A GLIMPSE OF BORNEO’S SEAFARI PEOPLE – THE BAJAU *********************************************** The mystical Sulu Sea, a popular blend of high-end tourism, piracy and the seafaring lifestyle of the Bajau. Depending on whom you will ask, it is either a diver’s paradise or a trouble zone. It became more conspicuous that not only the nomadic Bajau fishermen are roaming the crystal clear waters in search of a good catch, also the Moro gang and Abu Sayyaf with his mates are. Due to governmental mischief and lousy migration control within the trib-boarder area of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, these waters do not only cater maritime beauty to its visitors. Rumor of a next Somalia is getting louder if authorities don’t increase their border security. „Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws“ (Douglas Adams). That’s most likely why tourism and piracy get all the media attention, whereas the Bajau are out of the spotlight. After all, their harsh and traditional way of life should be told. read the full story on claudiosieberphotography.com @ Sabah, Borneo © claudiosieberphotography.com *********************************************** #picoftheday #portrait #traditional #malaysia #gypsy #bestintravel #peopleinfinity #culture #travelgram #peoplescreative #nomad #travelstoke #people #destinationearth #jaw_dropping_shots #mobilemag #ig_worldphoto #bbctravel #natgeotravel #wanderlust #exploretocreate #secretplaces #lovetheworld #visualsoflife #travelstoke #travelandlife #travelphotographer #roamtheplanet
#Repost @viceasia ・・・ The mystical Sulu Sea, a popular blend of high-end tourism, piracy and the seafaring lifestyle of the Bajau. Depending on whom you will ask, it is either a diver’s paradise or a trouble zone. It became more conspicuous that not only the nomadic Bajau fishermen are roaming the crystal clear waters in search of a good catch, also the Moro gang and Abu Sayyaf with his mates are. Due to governmental mischief and lousy migration control within the trib-boarder area of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, these waters do not only cater maritime beauty to its visitors. Rumor of a next Somalia is getting louder if authorities don’t increase their border security. That’s most likely why tourism and piracy get all the media attention, whereas the Bajau are out of the spotlight. © claudiosieberphotography.com *********************************************** #picoftheday #sceniclocations #traditional #malaysia #gypsy #earthfocus #culture #travelgram #peoplescreative #nomad #water #people #tradition #stateless #life
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#Repost @magazinegeo with @make_repost ・・・ Officiellement, les Lamalériens​ d'Indonésie ​sont catholiques. Mais ils continuent à vouer un culte à leurs ancêtres​ et aux esprits censés habiter leurs bateaux, dans un mélange d'animisme et de christianisme. À Lamalera, les derniers chasseurs de cachalots, un reportage ​à retrouver dans le n°485 de GEO, en kiosque ​actuellement © Claudio Sieber

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