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    • Tabu is Life! Status quo of shell money in Papua New Guinea
    • 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
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    • 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
      • Tabu is Life! Shell money in 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
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      • Maubisse to Los Palos
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      • 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
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        • Ma Nene – Care of Ancestors – Overview
        • Ma’Nene – Care of Ancestors – Gallery
        • Ma Nene – Care of Ancestors – Selfies
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      • Makepung – Traditional Bull Race in Bali
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      • 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
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      • Pulau Tiga – Mount Kinabalu – Sepilog
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        • The Bajau “Birdseye View”
        • The Bajau “Portraits”
        • The Bajau “Black & White”
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      • Da Nang (at Night)
      • City of Ghosts – the cemetery of An Bang
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      • Ha Giang Province
      • Dong Van & Lung Cu Market
      • Cao Bang Province
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      • Pa Then Fire Festival
      • Pa Then Fire Festival – Black and White
      • Cat Ba
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        • 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
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      • Siem Reap – Angkor Wat
      • Battambang
      • Tonle Sap – Kompong Luong
      • Phnom Penh
      • Kampot – Kep
      • Sihanoukville – Otrez – Koh Rong Samloem
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      • Jeweled Princes – The path to enlightenment begins with a large party
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Vietnamese Street Ninjas – A Summer Tale

Posted on 1. July 201917. July 2019 by Claudio Sieber
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Antique rice cultivation in the Cordilleras

Posted on 1. February 201914. February 2019 by Claudio Sieber
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Asian Cultures

Posted on 16. January 20195. July 2019 by Claudio Sieber
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Tabu is Life! Status quo of shell money in Papua New Guinea

Posted on 10. December 20181. April 2020 by Claudio Sieber
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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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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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#Repost @getlostmagazine with @make_repost ・・・ It's early morning in Hanoi, and a pair of mobile hawkers make their daily commute from the suburbs into the heart of town to trade their colourful flowers for cash. 💐⁠ To best do this, they organise their fragrant haul into the most impressive and eye-catching arrangements. 🌷⁠ But with Hanoi aiming to declutter streets in order to catch up with other developed countries like Singapore and South Korea, these floral street artists may soon be a thing of the past... 😔⁠ 📸: @claudiosieberphotography⁠ .⁠ #Hanoi #Vietnam #HanoiStreetsellers #MobileHawkers #VisitHanoi #DiscoverHanoi #ExploreHanoi #VisitVietnam #DiscoverVietnam #ExploreVietnam #HanoiVietnam #SeeVietnam #NeverStopPlanningAHoliday #TravelAddict #Adventure #RoamThePlanet #TravelInspo #BucketList #DoYouTravel #BeforeYouDie #WeLiveToExplore #WellTravelled #GetOutStayOut #StayAndWander #Wanderlust #InstaPassport #WildernessPassport #getlost #getlostnow
#Repost @getlostmagazine with @make_repost ・・・ It's springtime in Mae Hong Son, in Northern Thailand, and the Shan people are preparing to send their beloved sons into the monkshood to study Buddhist principles. 🕉️⁠⠀ This multi-day extravaganza is called Poy Sang Lang, and first involves the boys experiencing life as a royal prince, so that later on they can fully grasp the vows of poverty and mindfulness. 👑⁠⠀ Adorned in elaborate makeup, jewellery, flower crowns and festive dresses, the boys take part in ceremonies, processions and feasts, their parents feeding and carrying them as an act of devotion. 🌺⁠⠀ On the third day they are ordained, and will enter a monastery for up to three weeks. It truly is a sight to behold. 🙌⁠⠀ 📸: @claudiosieberphotography⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ #Thailand #NorthernThailand #MaeHongSon #ShanPeople #Monkhood #TheravadaBuddhism #PoySangLang #BoysToMonks #Ceremony #Festival #RiteOfPassage #SangLong #NeverStopPlanningAHoliday #TravelAddict #Adventure #RoamThePlanet #TravelInspo #BucketList #DoYouTravel #BeforeYouDie #WeLiveToExplore #WellTravelled #GetOutStayOut #StayAndWander #Wanderlust #Wonderlust #InstaPassport #WildernessPassport
Interdimensional Love - The afterlife project *********************************************** Taiwan - Prayers for financial stability. Oriental countries with a history of Chinese emigration or occupation as well as Greater China itself perform ceremonies to worship ancestry, sacred deities (both, good and evil) and not least – wandering spirits. Together, the spread of Buddhist philosophy, Taoist & Confucian ethics and eventually personal ghost encounters blended over time into an overwhelming funk which defines people’s ideology. Especially in the light of the pandemic, more Taiwanese are addressing the gods with their prayers. *********************************************** Hi, this is Claudio, a visual journalist from Switzerland. With the power of words, photography, and videography, I explore the cults & social transition in the Asian Pacific region. 👉🏼 follow me @claudiosieberphotography www.claudiosieberphotography.com *********************************************** #taiwan #devine #spiritual #journalism #contemporary #society #transition #world #hope #everydayasia #asia #culture #afterlife #oriental #gift #love #death #future #culturalheritage #worship cc @newphilosopher @internazionale @srfnews
Interdimensional Love - The afterlife project *********************************************** Oriental legend has it that anyone departing from this realm may enjoy a reincarnation - the question is “how long does it take, milliseconds, minutes, decades?” Within the next days I'm presenting some impressions of my latest multimedia feature - Interdimensional Love. For long, I didn't dare to tackle this challenging project, as it bears a complex jumble of superstition, religion, and philosophy — or in short ’human devotion’. Just until I’ve eventually discovered all crucial elements when residing in Taiwan. Believing in the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation, devotees want to make absolutely sure that the departed enjoy a pleasant afterlife by feeding their spirits and burning lavish gifts. My upcoming media spreads feature the sacrificial gifting as well as the cult’s transition and explain the various relationships between humans, the arts and the spirits. Stay tuned! > In this image: How do spirits perceive the world of the living? Oracles who communicate with the other realm describe the physique of spirits as human-like, but with a distorted or whacked appearance. *********************************************** Hi, this is Claudio, a visual journalist from Switzerland. With the power of words, photography, and videography, I explore the cults & social transition in the Asian Pacific region. 👉🏼 follow me @claudiosieberphotography www.claudiosieberphotography.com *********************************************** #taiwan #ghost #spirit #photojournalism #contemporary #society #transition #world #bizarre #everydayasia #asia #culture #afterlife #oriental #gift #love #death #art #culturalheritage #worship #currency cc @internazionale @newphilosopher @asiangeographic
Interdimensional Love - The afterlife project *********************************************** Oriental legend has it that anyone departing from this realm may enjoy a reincarnation - the question is “how long does it take, milliseconds, minutes, decades?” Within the next days I'm presenting some impressions of my latest multimedia feature - Interdimensional Love. For long, I didn't dare to tackle this challenging project, as it bears a complex jumble of superstition, religion, and philosophy — or in short ’human devotion’. Just until I’ve eventually discovered all crucial elements when residing in Taiwan. Believing in the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation, devotees want to make absolutely sure that the departed enjoy a pleasant afterlife by feeding their spirits and burning lavish gifts. My upcoming media spreads feature the sacrificial gifting as well as the cult’s transition and explain the various relationships between humans, the arts and the spirits. Stay tuned! > In this image: Master Du is one of Taiwan’s youngest artists who strives to preserve Keelung’s folk art. His floating lantern is packed with spiritual currency and ready to be burned at Keelung’s shores - A gift for those who lost their lives at sea. *********************************************** Hi, this is Claudio, a visual journalist from Switzerland. With the power of words, photography, and videography, I explore the cults & social transition in the Asian Pacific region. 👉🏼 follow me @claudiosieberphotography www.claudiosieberphotography.com *********************************************** #taiwan #ghost #spirit #photojournalism #contemporary #society #transition #world #bizarre #everydayasia #asia #culture #afterlife #oriental #gift #love #death #art #culturalheritage #worship #currency #heritage cc @internazionale @newphilosopher @asiangeographic
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