For many years, I had my eyes on a remote part of Indonesia called West Papua where tribes still live today traditionally, isolated from the modern world we know. They inhabit mountains above 1,500 metres, reachable only by chartered plane or after s

Amidst the chaos of the coronavirus outbreak in China, photos of medical personnel are circulating on social media, showing doctors and nurses with painful marks left from their protective face masks as they fall asleep on the floors of the hospital

ESTIMATED 370 to 500 million indigenous people living in the world REPRESENTS 5,000 different cultures SPREAD ACROSS 90 countries across all geographic regions Many indigenous languages are under threat – it is estimated that one dies every two

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Down in the deep south of Russia, past Novosibirsk into the valleys of the Altai ranges is the tiny village of Kurai. With only one general store, this village serves the trickle of travellers journeying overland towards the western border of Mongoli

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The Igorots comprise six ethnolinguistic tribes known as the Ibaloy, Kankana-ey, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao/Isneg, and the Bontoc. Unlike most of the Philippines, which was colonised by Spain for about four hundred years, the Cordillera region generally

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With its first appearance as far back as 2000 BC in ancient Mesopotamia, banking has come a long way, becoming one of the most vital aspects of life today. During Assyrian and Babylonian rule some 4,000 years ago, the first signs of banking were obse

The Bakhtiaris, a nomadic tribe of several families, still roam the mountains of Zagros, Iran, as they migrate twice a year (spring and autumn) with their flocks of goats and sheep. A southwestern Iranian tribe, the Bakhtiaris are a subgroup of the L

As far back as 3100 BC, we have evidence of a gold/silver value ratio in the code of Menes, the founder of the first Egyptian dynasty. In this code, it is stated, “one part of gold is equal to two and one half parts of silver in value”. This makes it

When I was a child, my grandparents used to tell me tales about tribes that would travel to their village in India, carrying with them their families, livelihoods, and homes, only to move again in a couple of weeks, leaving nothing but footsteps. I w

While much of the world’s attention is rightly focused on the human toll of COVID-19, the economic toll of the outbreak also has potentially disastrous implications. According to the World Economic Forum, the spreading coronavirus is taking a toll on

Holi is one of the major festivals of India and is celebrated on different dates every year. This Indian festival follows two legends, and is observed at the end of winter, in the month of March, after the full moon. The ritual starts by lighting up

USD1 = RUR66.42 Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (5,000 ruble) A Russian statesman and diplomat, he played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan USD1 = KZT376.11 Astana Bay

Muir Woods is one of the only remaining old-growth redwood forests in the Bay Area. The cool hush of this thousand-year-old forest, with a floor teeming with all manner of fungi, ferns and wood sorrel is guaranteed to take you into another world. The

It is wood. But other than its diverse physical nature, in Chinese philosophy, wood, sometimes translated as “tree”, represents the growth of matter. Wood is the first phase of wu xing, and in Taoism, its attributes are considered to be strength and

In Afghanistan, a woman dies every 27 minutes from pregnancy-related complications. At 6.5 percent (6,500 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), the maternal mortality rate in Badakhshan Province is the highest in the world. Over the course of her

Pioneering underwater photographer and Rolex Testimonee David Doubilet is a master craftsman who combines technology and art to capture life underwater, bringing images back to the surface for those who might never see those sights with their own eye

The Korean title of this indelible novel, Omma rul put’ak hae, contains a sense of commanding trust that is missing in its English translation: “I entrust Mommy [to you].” That trust is irreparably splintered when Mom disappears after becoming separa

The label “Made in China” is perhaps preferred in association with the nation’s consumer goods. Its notorious export at present, however, is SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that struck in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. A novel coronavi

On November 3, 1985, the 50- and 100-kyats notes were demonetised without warning, though the public was allowed to exchange limited amounts of the old notes for new ones. Only two years later, on September 5, 1987, the government demonetised the 25-