Sunday, March 26, 2006

Prayer and Dance in a Pagoda near Hanoi Vietnam

Here is a Video Clip Shot This Weekend
(by my wife)
At the end Large Colorful Paper Horses
are set on Fire by my sister-in -Law , Houng

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Prayer For The Dead : Hanoi Vietnam

This Is an offering prayer for a recently dead man..
His family sends many things to him,
by burning them and wishes him well.
The ceremony lasted over 12 hours.

Sunday, February 19, 2006

Giarai Tomb Sculptures

At the Ethnology Museum, Hanoi (shot Feb.17,2006)
Carved by five Giarai Arap villagers in 1998 from tree trunks using adzes, cutlasses and knives. Carvings are of sexually-explicit men and women and pregnant women to symbolize fertility and birth..after the tomb is completed and a ceremony preformed it is abandoned to “fall to pieces” Here are a few close-up pictures that seem to have an inner life to me.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Making Wine Vietnam Style


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At the Wine Shop in Nha Trang

Preparing The Ingredients..Lizard..Snake

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Buying Clams from the Source_Vietnam


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Outside Vinh ..Central Vietnam BUYING DINNER

Monday, February 06, 2006

An afternoon in a small village near Vinh Phoc ,about 30 Km. from Hanoi..after visiting with some local hosts saw a ceremony to help bring wealth,good luck and fertility ..
Also see video below "Wild Time in Vietnam"