ASIAN Geographic celebrates Diwali!
Whether you refer to it as Diwali, Deepavali, Dipavali, Dewali, Deepawali, or the Festival of Lights, this day is the brightest of them all....
Spirit Warrior: The Religious Source of Martial Arts
Over the centuries, martial arts have travelled far beyond their places of origin and become some of the greatest sports ever devised. In contemporary...
A culture of silence blunts the impact of a new Vietnamese law against sexual...
By Trang Vu
Vietnam’s new labor law requires employers to put in place mechanisms to prevent and penalize sexual harassment in the workplace. But Vietnamese...
A Unique Experience – Koyasan Calling
Text by S. Rani & Photos by John Thet
Venture to Japan’s spiritual heartland of Wakayama for unique experiences to cleanse body and soul
Wakayama, Japan’s epicentre of...
A Totem of her Generation
Identifying herself as a Franco-Belgian photographer of Chinese origin from Malaysia, Diana’s transient life between three different continents has informed most of the philosophy behind her photography. Diana explores the ancient ritual of adorning women with symbolic clothing, religious objects, amulets and heirloom jewellery. Her purpose is to fuse the past and the present, the traditional and the modern, and to effectively create new possibilities of defining a woman’s identity.
Spiritual Skin
For centuries, indigenous tattooists working across Asia have marked human skin with powerful designs and symbols in their quest to signal ethnic identity and render the body sacred. Carried through life and onwards into death, these marks of humanity testify to an ancestral legacy that is in danger of gradually fading away.
Epic Encounters : Trailblazing Cambodian Theatre
Internationally-touring theatre company Epic Encounters showcases the many talents of performers with disabilities
Text Jennie Pearson
Photos Charlotte Hodges/Photographers Without Borders
To get a drink the way...
Jewelled Princes
The Shan people celebrate the ordination of young Buddhist novices with Poy Sang Long – an extravagant spiritual party that usually takes place between...