City - Lao Chai Tribe State - LAO CAI Country - Vietnam
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Minority people live in remote tribes, away from technology, science, civilization and its long list of inventions. This situation keeps them in their pure and sincere manner. They deal the daily life with simplicity and labor, not with tricks and weight on interest. I guess that?s why they smile all the times, even this aged lady could justify the purity of her smile.
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Sa Pa ? or Chapa as originally named ? is a hill station lies in a nice valley, nicknamed The Roof of Vietnam. It is 390 km from Hanoi and near the border with China. It is the most famous hill station in North Vietnam with many old hotels built by the French. It is very foggy in Sa Pa early in the morning, especially between November and February and during this time it is cold (down to zero degree Celsius). Every 20 years or so people in Sa Pa can see snowfall (about 15 cm thick, the last one happened in January 2000). This is the land of H'mong and Dzao people, the largest and most typical groups in the region. Most of them are poor and the old women are well known for their way of selling souvenirs. The best event in Sa Pa is weekend Love Market on Saturday night (after 21.00 pm).The Black H'mong lives highest in the mountains, and are renowned for their musicality, songs and word-play. The women wear tunic-style dresses of hemp fabric, dyeing with natural indigo to a deep purple-black. They wear strips of indigo cloth as leggings, and stunning silver bangles around their necks and arms.
Your portraits are very strong and stunning but why don't they take any "rating" or "hits"? I don't understand how does it work! Only ten people hit this frame in a week? We are doing something wrong (!) :))) Maybe you should take waves or clouds. :))) Beautiful and pure smile you captured again. Congratulations!
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