Album People of Issan from Jerry Lee

The Look

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:19:13 +0000

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Children of the concrete pavements, streets are their playground as parents probably runs a store nearby. Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

View On Black - a different rasterization offsite

Heads Together

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:13:40 +0000

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The Silk Festival of Khon Kaen.

The Silk Festival

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:20:44 +0000

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Dressed in costumes of a market girl, street parade at The Silk Festival of Khon Kaen.

Angkorean Aspara

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:54:17 +0000

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Lead performer at Festival of Phimai, Prasat Hin Phimai, Khorat, N.E. Thailand.

.. Barefooted they move with grace and skill, transporting themselves and the audience to another time another place ... "Heavenly Dancers from Hindu Mythology"

Faces of Siam

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:59:29 +0000

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Loy Krathong Festival, captured in Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

Painted Faces

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:48:35 +0000

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Performance of chinese acrobatics in the city of Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

Flying Mona: The Modern Aspara

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:32:28 +0000

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Captured at the children's games during the annual agricultural fair, Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

People and Wheels

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:34:53 +0000

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Photo captured in village of Ban Donwai, Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

Painted Faces

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:48:47 +0000

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Performance of chinese acrobatics in the city of Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

The Dark Soil

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:36:47 +0000

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The Soil Dark in Thai means, good earth and food abundant. It is their description of living in Issan, the Mekong Indochine part of Thailand. First of series of pictures documenting the traditional farmers and their subsistence way of life.

Talk Talk

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:02:33 +0000

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Faces of Morlum - Country Music

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:37:48 +0000

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Morlum "mor" means doctor, "lum" or "ruam" means to dance, these are musicians and singers that performs in rural areas of Thailand, especially in the north-eastern regions, mostly they are to entertain during festive occasions, but also during funerals and temple events. The music that they play is known as "Luuk Thun" meaning children of the rice-fields.

Tying The Knot - An Issan Wedding

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:02:12 +0000

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Series of shots about a thai wedding in the rural village of Ban Donwai, N.E. Thailand. The ceremony here shows the "tying of the knot" which is an offering of blessings and protections, also seen holding in his hands, the bride and bridegroom are given money, ripe banana and a ball of sticky rice as symbolic good wishes.

Photo shows one of the village seniors, (partially drunk) sat in the corner and supervised every step of the ceremony.

Umbrella Boy

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:34:52 +0000

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Photo captured during the re-planting of rice, it is very much a family exercise in these parts, a traditional way of subsistence farming, village of Ban Donwai, N.E. Thailand.

Workers of the Issan Ricefields

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:24:09 +0000

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The harvesting of rice in the traditional manual method of using the sickle, this is family scale self-subsistence farming captured at the village of Ban Donwai, Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

Most people would hire somebody using a powered tool, which will get the job done much quicker, it is a time sensitive operation, as it is more difficult to cut when the seeds grows heavy and the stalks starts bending over.

Portrait at Thung Si-Muang

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:35:08 +0000

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Captured at the children's games during the annual agricultural fair, Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

Bungie Girl

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:32:11 +0000

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Captured at the children's games during the annual agricultural fair, Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

Painted Faces

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:13:50 +0000

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Performance of chinese acrobatics in the city of Udon Thani, N.E. Thailand.

Tying The Knot - An Issan Wedding

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:03:42 +0000

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Hand Gestures in Thai culture: The Wai, bringing both hands together and raised high up to the forehead, a sign of respect by a country girl with classical siamese profile.

Series of shots about a thai wedding in the rural village of Ban Donwai, N.E. Thailand. The ceremony here shows the "tying of the knot" which is an offering of blessings and protections, also seen holding in his hands, the bride and bridegroom are given money, ripe banana and a ball of sticky rice as symbolic good wishes.

Tying The Knot - An Issan Wedding

nobody@ipernity.com (Jerry Lee) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:02:17 +0000

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