Mountain tribes of North Vietnam

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.257] ’Brick factories near Hà Dông.’ Brick factories near Hà Dông make use of the clay that is to be found in the Red River valley west of Hanoi. Photo Mick Pa ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.257] ’Brick factories near Hà Dông.’ Brick factories near Hà Dông make use of the clay that is to be found in the Red River valley west of Hanoi. Photo Mick Pa ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.259] ’Brick factory.’ Workers laden with unfired bricks climb rickety stairs to fill the bowels of this brick factory in the valley of the Dà River at Ky Son near Hò ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.259] ’Brick factory.’ Workers laden with unfired bricks climb rickety stairs to fill the bowels of this brick factory in the valley of the Dà River at Ky Son near Hò ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.263] ’Stilted house.’ A family of the White Thái mountain tribe lives in this stilted house at Lac Village near Mai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.263] ’Stilted house.’ A family of the White Thái mountain tribe lives in this stilted house at Lac Village near Mai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.265] ’Stilted house in rice fields.’ A family of the White Thái mountain tribe lives in this stilted house at Lac Village near Mai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.265] ’Stilted house in rice fields.’ A family of the White Thái mountain tribe lives in this stilted house at Lac Village near Mai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.268] ’Lac Village.’ Morning mist dissolves when sunrays reach Lac Village which lies surrounded by rice fields on the bottom of the deep valley of Mai Châu. Photo Mic ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.268] ’Lac Village.’ Morning mist dissolves when sunrays reach Lac Village which lies surrounded by rice fields on the bottom of the deep valley of Mai Châu. Photo Mic ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.273] ’Stilted houses in Mai Châu.’ A street in the village of Mai Châu is lined with the stilted houses of the White Thái mountain tribe. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.273] ’Stilted houses in Mai Châu.’ A street in the village of Mai Châu is lined with the stilted houses of the White Thái mountain tribe. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.274] ’Opium is destructive.’ A road sign near Môc Châu reads: Óopium is destructive to the community.Ó Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.274] ’Opium is destructive.’ A road sign near Môc Châu reads: Óopium is destructive to the community.Ó Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.276] ’Warning against drugs.’ A road sign near Môc Châu reads: ”Hard drugs, an exceptional catastrophe. How it begins . . and ends.” Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:40 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.276] ’Warning against drugs.’ A road sign near Môc Châu reads: ”Hard drugs, an exceptional catastrophe. How it begins . . and ends.” Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.278] ’Rice fields near Yên Châu.’ Rice fields and ponds occupy the bottom of the Nâm San valley east of Yên Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:58:24 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.278] ’Rice fields near Yên Châu.’ Rice fields and ponds occupy the bottom of the Nâm San valley east of Yên Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.282] ’Morning toilet near an irrigation wheel.’ Near a bamboo made irrigation wheel, driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La, a ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.282] ’Morning toilet near an irrigation wheel.’ Near a bamboo made irrigation wheel, driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La, a ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.284] ’Irrigation wheels.’ Huge bamboo made irrigation wheels are driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.284] ’Irrigation wheels.’ Huge bamboo made irrigation wheels are driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.293] ’Building a dam.’ A community of Black Thái builds a weir for a new irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:33 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.293] ’Building a dam.’ A community of Black Thái builds a weir for a new irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.297] ’Handing down boulders-1.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.297] ’Handing down boulders-1.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.299] ’Handing down boulders-2.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:59:16 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.299] ’Handing down boulders-2.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.301] ’Handing down boulders-3.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:59:23 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.301] ’Handing down boulders-3.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.302] ’Handing down boulders-4.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:59:10 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.302] ’Handing down boulders-4.’ Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam L ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.307] ’Black Thái women.’ After hard work on the construction of a dam these Black Thái women have a rest in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.307] ’Black Thái women.’ After hard work on the construction of a dam these Black Thái women have a rest in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.309] ’Water buffalo.’ A shepherd and his water buffalo are wandering through a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.309] ’Water buffalo.’ A shepherd and his water buffalo are wandering through a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.313] ’Ritual decoration.’ A sun like ritual decoration on the stand of a an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. (See previous ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:29 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.313] ’Ritual decoration.’ A sun like ritual decoration on the stand of a an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. (See previous ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.315] ’Bamboo transport.’ On a country road southwest of So’n La this couple is transporting freshly cut bamboo stems. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.315] ’Bamboo transport.’ On a country road southwest of So’n La this couple is transporting freshly cut bamboo stems. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.316] ’Bamboo on a cart.’ On a country road southwest of So’n La freshly cut bamboo stems are piled upon a small hand cart. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.316] ’Bamboo on a cart.’ On a country road southwest of So’n La freshly cut bamboo stems are piled upon a small hand cart. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.317] ’Valley near So’n La.’ Valley with rice fields southwest of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:11 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.317] ’Valley near So’n La.’ Valley with rice fields southwest of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.327] ’Girl with knife.’ As most mountain tribe children this Black Thái girl has learned very early on in life to do daily work with sharp tools. Photo Mick Palarczyk ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:53 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.327] ’Girl with knife.’ As most mountain tribe children this Black Thái girl has learned very early on in life to do daily work with sharp tools. Photo Mick Palarczyk ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.330] ’Black Thái girl.’ Black Thái girl south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.330] ’Black Thái girl.’ Black Thái girl south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.336] ’Mother and child.’ Protected from the sun by an umbrella this mother carries her child on a country road near Thuân Châu, 30 km northwest of So'n La. Photo ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.336] ’Mother and child.’ Protected from the sun by an umbrella this mother carries her child on a country road near Thuân Châu, 30 km northwest of So'n La. Photo ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.338] ’Selling plastic.’ In mountain tribe villages that still mostly use selfmade crockery and wooden tools this pedlar is an herald of modern times. Photo Mick Palarc ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:51 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.338] ’Selling plastic.’ In mountain tribe villages that still mostly use selfmade crockery and wooden tools this pedlar is an herald of modern times. Photo Mick Palarc ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.342] ’Black Thái girls.’ These girls in a village on the Pha Din Pass, 40 km northwest of So'n La, wear the traditional dress of the Black Thái: a brightly colou ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.342] ’Black Thái girls.’ These girls in a village on the Pha Din Pass, 40 km northwest of So'n La, wear the traditional dress of the Black Thái: a brightly colou ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.344] ’Black Thái girl on Pha Din Pass-1. This girl in a village on the Pha Din Pass, 40 km northwest of So'n La, wears the traditional dress of the Black Thái: a b ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.344] ’Black Thái girl on Pha Din Pass-1. This girl in a village on the Pha Din Pass, 40 km northwest of So'n La, wears the traditional dress of the Black Thái: a b ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.346] ’Black Thái girl on Pha Din Pass-2. This girl in a village on the Pha Din Pass, 40 km northwest of So'n La, wears the traditional dress of the Black Thái: a b ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:00:06 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.346] ’Black Thái girl on Pha Din Pass-2. This girl in a village on the Pha Din Pass, 40 km northwest of So'n La, wears the traditional dress of the Black Thái: a b ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.349] ’White H’mông girl with cross-bow-1.’ In Tuân Giáo a White H’mông girl practises with a crossbow. Her traditional hat consists of a black headscarf wi ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:16 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.349] ’White H’mông girl with cross-bow-1.’ In Tuân Giáo a White H’mông girl practises with a crossbow. Her traditional hat consists of a black headscarf wi ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.351] ’White H’mông girl with cross-bow-2.’ In Tuân Giáo a White H’mông girl practises with a crossbow. Her traditional hat consists of a black headscarf wi ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.351] ’White H’mông girl with cross-bow-2.’ In Tuân Giáo a White H’mông girl practises with a crossbow. Her traditional hat consists of a black headscarf wi ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.352] ’Selling orchids.’ On the market of Tuân Giáo a Black Thái woman and her son are selling orchids. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:56:23 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.352] ’Selling orchids.’ On the market of Tuân Giáo a Black Thái woman and her son are selling orchids. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.354] ’Coned landscape.’ The landscape with wooded cones south of Lai Châu is the result of tropical karst: limestone dissolving and eroding by rainwater. Photo Mi ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.354] ’Coned landscape.’ The landscape with wooded cones south of Lai Châu is the result of tropical karst: limestone dissolving and eroding by rainwater. Photo Mi ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.359] ’H'mong villages.’ In the valley of the Nâm Muc River, 20 km south of Lai Châu, villages of the H'mong mountain tribe are surrounded by maize fields. Photo ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:57:11 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.359] ’H'mong villages.’ In the valley of the Nâm Muc River, 20 km south of Lai Châu, villages of the H'mong mountain tribe are surrounded by maize fields. Photo ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.362] ’Sowing maize.’ Sowing a field on the slopes of the Nâm Muc valley south of Lai Châu: the man pricks holes in the soil and the women drop maize seeds in them. C ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:12 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.362] ’Sowing maize.’ Sowing a field on the slopes of the Nâm Muc valley south of Lai Châu: the man pricks holes in the soil and the women drop maize seeds in them. C ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.363] ’Sowing.’ Women of a mountain tribe are sowing a field northwest of Tam Duòng. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.363] ’Sowing.’ Women of a mountain tribe are sowing a field northwest of Tam Duòng. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.371] ’Rice fields near Lai Châu.’ Rice fields on the banks of the Lay River (a tributary of the Da River) 2 km south of Lai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:57:53 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.371] ’Rice fields near Lai Châu.’ Rice fields on the banks of the Lay River (a tributary of the Da River) 2 km south of Lai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.373] ’Bridge across the Da River.’ The Hang Tôm suspension bridge crosses the Da River north of Lai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:10 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.373] ’Bridge across the Da River.’ The Hang Tôm suspension bridge crosses the Da River north of Lai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.376] ’White Thái villager.’ North of Lai Châu, this old farmer from a White Thái village in the valley of the Na River is old enough to remember a few words of Fren ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:07 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.376] ’White Thái villager.’ North of Lai Châu, this old farmer from a White Thái village in the valley of the Na River is old enough to remember a few words of Fren ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.379] ’White Thai village.’ White Thái village on the bank of the Na River north of Lai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:08 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.379] ’White Thai village.’ White Thái village on the bank of the Na River north of Lai Châu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.385] ’Group of Black Dao women.’ A group of Black Dao women on a pass road north of Bình Lu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:43 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.385] ’Group of Black Dao women.’ A group of Black Dao women on a pass road north of Bình Lu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.388] ’Black Dao women under umbrella.’ Black Dao women wear plain black trousers and jackets finished with a superb red ruff. The hair on their forehead is plucked (in ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.388] ’Black Dao women under umbrella.’ Black Dao women wear plain black trousers and jackets finished with a superb red ruff. The hair on their forehead is plucked (in ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.391] ’Band of Black Dao.’ A band of Black Dao in the mountains north of Binh Lu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.391] ’Band of Black Dao.’ A band of Black Dao in the mountains north of Binh Lu. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.394] ’Sewing Black Dao woman.’ As most mountain tribe women this Black Dao woman devotes every bit of free time to sewing. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:15 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.394] ’Sewing Black Dao woman.’ As most mountain tribe women this Black Dao woman devotes every bit of free time to sewing. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.400] ’Black Dao woman.’ The hair of this Black Dao woman in Tam Duòng is kept in place by a large silver frame and a thick black cord which is wrapped around the ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.400] ’Black Dao woman.’ The hair of this Black Dao woman in Tam Duòng is kept in place by a large silver frame and a thick black cord which is wrapped around the ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.403] ’Black Dao women with hair frame.’ The hair of these Black Dao women in Tam Duòng is kept in place by a large silver frame and a thick black cord which is wrappe ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:23 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.403] ’Black Dao women with hair frame.’ The hair of these Black Dao women in Tam Duòng is kept in place by a large silver frame and a thick black cord which is wrappe ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.404] ’Landscape near Tam Duòng.’ Mountain range with wooded limestone cones west of Tam Duòng. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:21 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.404] ’Landscape near Tam Duòng.’ Mountain range with wooded limestone cones west of Tam Duòng. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.410] ’Red Dao family.’ At Ta Phin village near Sapa the Red Dao family of Zu-u-me (right) lives in a traditional house with few windows and a floor of stamped earth. P ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:13 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.410] ’Red Dao family.’ At Ta Phin village near Sapa the Red Dao family of Zu-u-me (right) lives in a traditional house with few windows and a floor of stamped earth. P ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.412] ’Embroidered universe-1.’ Embroidered backflap (Luy Khia) of the jacket of a Red Dao woman. The embroidery on the clothes of the Red Dao mountain tribe is a g ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:59:44 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.412] ’Embroidered universe-1.’ Embroidered backflap (Luy Khia) of the jacket of a Red Dao woman. The embroidery on the clothes of the Red Dao mountain tribe is a g ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.415] ’Embroidered universe-2.’ Embroidered backflap (Luy Khia) of the jacket of a Red Dao woman. The embroidery on the clothes of the Red Dao mountain tribe is a g ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.415] ’Embroidered universe-2.’ Embroidered backflap (Luy Khia) of the jacket of a Red Dao woman. The embroidery on the clothes of the Red Dao mountain tribe is a g ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.419] ’Embroidered universe-3.’ The embroidery on the clothes of the Red Dao mountain tribe is a geometrical translation of the natural world that the tribe inhabit ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.419] ’Embroidered universe-3.’ The embroidery on the clothes of the Red Dao mountain tribe is a geometrical translation of the natural world that the tribe inhabit ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.423] ’Red Dao in sewing atelier.’ In the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa Red Dao women are selling clothes and jewellery, working on embroidery and comparing deco ...

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.423] ’Red Dao in sewing atelier.’ In the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa Red Dao women are selling clothes and jewellery, working on embroidery and comparing deco ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.428] ’Taking a nap.’ A Red Dao woman has dozed off in the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.428] ’Taking a nap.’ A Red Dao woman has dozed off in the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.432] ’Red Dao woman.’ Red Dao woman in the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:57:04 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.432] ’Red Dao woman.’ Red Dao woman in the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.433] ’Red Dao pendant.’ In their spare time Red Dao men make jewellery of silver, aluminum or brass. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:34 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.433] ’Red Dao pendant.’ In their spare time Red Dao men make jewellery of silver, aluminum or brass. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.435] ’Old Black H’mong woman.’ An old Black H’mong woman is sewing in the atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:58 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.435] ’Old Black H’mong woman.’ An old Black H’mong woman is sewing in the atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.437] ’Black H’mong in sewing atelier.’ Black H’mong women selling embroidered cloth in the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:07 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.437] ’Black H’mong in sewing atelier.’ Black H’mong women selling embroidered cloth in the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.438] ’Black H’mong flute player.’ At Sapa a Black H’mong girl is playing a traditional H’mong flute made out of a calabash. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:49 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.438] ’Black H’mong flute player.’ At Sapa a Black H’mong girl is playing a traditional H’mong flute made out of a calabash. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.440] ’Black H’mong girls-1.’ East of Sapa, in Tavan village, these Black H’mong girls wear the traditional black circular hats of their tribe. Photo Mick Palar ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:23 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.440] ’Black H’mong girls-1.’ East of Sapa, in Tavan village, these Black H’mong girls wear the traditional black circular hats of their tribe. Photo Mick Palar ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.442] ’Black H’mong girls-2.’ East of Sapa, in Tavan village, these Black H’mong girls wear the traditional black circular hats of their tribe. Photo Mick Palar ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:56:17 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.442] ’Black H’mong girls-2.’ East of Sapa, in Tavan village, these Black H’mong girls wear the traditional black circular hats of their tribe. Photo Mick Palar ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.444] ’Black H’mong girl with brother-1.’ Black H’mong girl with her little brother in Tavan village, east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:20 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.444] ’Black H’mong girl with brother-1.’ Black H’mong girl with her little brother in Tavan village, east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.448] ’Black H’mong girl with brother-2.’ Black H’mong girl with her little brother in Tavan village, east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:59:28 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.448] ’Black H’mong girl with brother-2.’ Black H’mong girl with her little brother in Tavan village, east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.449] ’Black H’mong ear ring.’ The Black H’mong girls and women of Sapa wear elaborate ear rings. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:55 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.449] ’Black H’mong ear ring.’ The Black H’mong girls and women of Sapa wear elaborate ear rings. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.452] ’Black H’mong girls in Lao Chai.’ Two girls of the Black H'mong mountain tribe stand on the verandah of their house in Lao Chai village, 5 km east of Sapa. ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:58:05 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.452] ’Black H’mong girls in Lao Chai.’ Two girls of the Black H'mong mountain tribe stand on the verandah of their house in Lao Chai village, 5 km east of Sapa. ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.455] ’Plowing Black H’mong boy.’ A Black H’mong boy is plowing a rice field on a steep slope north east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:32 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.455] ’Plowing Black H’mong boy.’ A Black H’mong boy is plowing a rice field on a steep slope north east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.457] ’Plowing Black H’mong men.’ Black H’mong men are plowing rice fields on a steep slope north east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:57:17 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.457] ’Plowing Black H’mong men.’ Black H’mong men are plowing rice fields on a steep slope north east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.463] ’Village in Muong Hoa Valley-1.’ Village in the terraced landscape of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:29 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.463] ’Village in Muong Hoa Valley-1.’ Village in the terraced landscape of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.469] ’Village in Muong Hoa Valley-2.’ Village in the terraced landscape of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:58:00 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.469] ’Village in Muong Hoa Valley-2.’ Village in the terraced landscape of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.471] ’Road to Lao Chai village.’ East of Sapa a winding road leads to Lao Chai village and crosses the Muong Hoa River by way of the so-called ‘Cloudy Bridge’. ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:52 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.471] ’Road to Lao Chai village.’ East of Sapa a winding road leads to Lao Chai village and crosses the Muong Hoa River by way of the so-called ‘Cloudy Bridge’. ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.475] ’Cloudy Bridge.’ East of Sapa a woman and a girl from the Black H'mong mountain tribe pass the so-called 'Cloudy Bridge’ across the Muong Hoa River. Photo M ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:58:30 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.475] ’Cloudy Bridge.’ East of Sapa a woman and a girl from the Black H'mong mountain tribe pass the so-called 'Cloudy Bridge’ across the Muong Hoa River. Photo M ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.477] ’Muong Hoa River.’ East of Sapa the Muong Hoa River winds through a landscape of terraced rice fields. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:58:18 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.477] ’Muong Hoa River.’ East of Sapa the Muong Hoa River winds through a landscape of terraced rice fields. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.478] ’Watery mosaic-1.’ Terraced rice fields form playful mosaics on the slopes of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:56:42 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.478] ’Watery mosaic-1.’ Terraced rice fields form playful mosaics on the slopes of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.481] ’Watery mosaic.’ Terraced rice fields form playful mosaics on the slopes of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:26 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.481] ’Watery mosaic.’ Terraced rice fields form playful mosaics on the slopes of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.484] ’Hasty scarecrow.’ A striding scarecrow saves rice from hungry birds. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:04 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.484] ’Hasty scarecrow.’ A striding scarecrow saves rice from hungry birds. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.489] ’Terraced landscape.’ The terraced landscape of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:46:49 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.489] ’Terraced landscape.’ The terraced landscape of the Muong Hoa Valley east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.502] ’Buying cloth.’ Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:55:59 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.502] ’Buying cloth.’ Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.504] ’Psychedelic embrace.’ Flower H’mong girls on the market of Bac Hà wear a psychedelic combination of colours. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:58 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.504] ’Psychedelic embrace.’ Flower H’mong girls on the market of Bac Hà wear a psychedelic combination of colours. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.512] ’Market of Bac Hà-1.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:56:05 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.512] ’Market of Bac Hà-1.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.513] ’Market of Bac Hà-2.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:56:11 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.513] ’Market of Bac Hà-2.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.516] ’Market of Bac Hà-3.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:46 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.516] ’Market of Bac Hà-3.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.524] ’Sewing Flower H’mong women.’ Waiting for customers, these Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà spend their time embroidering. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:40 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.524] ’Sewing Flower H’mong women.’ Waiting for customers, these Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà spend their time embroidering. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.529] ’Market of Bac Hà-4.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:56:35 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.529] ’Market of Bac Hà-4.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.531] ’Market of Bac Hà-5.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:56:29 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.531] ’Market of Bac Hà-5.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.533] ’Colourful attention.’ Receiving a lot of caring attention this Flower H’mong baby, cradled on a basket in the market of Bac Hà, is born into a universe of exp ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:37 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.533] ’Colourful attention.’ Receiving a lot of caring attention this Flower H’mong baby, cradled on a basket in the market of Bac Hà, is born into a universe of exp ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.536] ’Flower H’mong women.’ Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà, east of Lào Cai. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:34 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.536] ’Flower H’mong women.’ Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà, east of Lào Cai. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.539] ’Gossip.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in Vietnam. Phot ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:58:11 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.539] ’Gossip.’ The Flower H’mong women of Lào Cai Provence, here seen on the Bac Hà market, are the most colourful of all branches of H’mong in Vietnam. Phot ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.550] ’Butterfly skirt.’ Like a giant butterfly this Flower H’mong skirt is left drying on a village fence in the valley of the Chay River south east of Lào Cai. Pho ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:30 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.550] ’Butterfly skirt.’ Like a giant butterfly this Flower H’mong skirt is left drying on a village fence in the valley of the Chay River south east of Lào Cai. Pho ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.554] ’Black is beautiful.’ Girls of the White Trousered Dao tribe in the valley of the Chay River north of Yên Bái. The two girls on the right have blackened their t ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:39 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.554] ’Black is beautiful.’ Girls of the White Trousered Dao tribe in the valley of the Chay River north of Yên Bái. The two girls on the right have blackened their t ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.558] ’Drying fish.’ Beside a road in the valley of the Chay River north of Yên Bái this boy guards bamboo mats with drying fish. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:45:26 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.558] ’Drying fish.’ Beside a road in the valley of the Chay River north of Yên Bái this boy guards bamboo mats with drying fish. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.562] ’Street with drying rice straw.’ Drying rice straw is left on a village street in the Red River valley south of Yên Bái. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:47:37 -0700

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.562] ’Street with drying rice straw.’ Drying rice straw is left on a village street in the Red River valley south of Yên Bái. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.563] ’Water marionettes-1.’ Shop with water marionettes in Hanoi. Water puppetry (roi nuoc) is a uniquely Vietnamese form of theatre that draws its plots from lege ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:59:35 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.563] ’Water marionettes-1.’ Shop with water marionettes in Hanoi. Water puppetry (roi nuoc) is a uniquely Vietnamese form of theatre that draws its plots from lege ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.564] ’Water marionettes-2.’ Shop with water marionettes in Hanoi. Water puppetry (roi nuoc) is a uniquely Vietnamese form of theatre that draws its plots from lege ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:57:24 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.564] ’Water marionettes-2.’ Shop with water marionettes in Hanoi. Water puppetry (roi nuoc) is a uniquely Vietnamese form of theatre that draws its plots from lege ...

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.576] ’Photographer.’ The photographer at the foot of the Tram Ton Pass west of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk

nobody@smugmug.com (Smit & Palarczyk) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:57:41 -0800

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[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.576] ’Photographer.’ The photographer at the foot of the Tram Ton Pass west of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk