MELLOW
YELLOW (top)
A man sits in the shadows making long burning incense coils in the
colourful Thien Hau Pagoda. Burning incense is offered at shrines
as a symbol of self-purification and self-dedication, and in memory
of Buddha. Each incense coil also has a prayer sheet
attached. Saigon, Vietnam.
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THE
WRITINGS ON THE WALL (top)
Prayer sheets at Thien Hau Pagoda. The temple is dedicated to the goddess
Thien Hau rides the clouds to protect sea travellers. Saigon, Vietnam.
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RED
HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
Farmers in Laos grow very hot chili peppers that can be used as ‘chemical
weapons’ to deter elephants from entering crop fields – a novel
technique they have learnt from their colleagues in Zimbabwe and Zambia through
the Wildlife Conservation Society. Luang Prabang, Laos.
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UP
IN SMOKE
One of many incense coils which burn for days at a time, hanging
from the ceiling of Thien Hau Pagoda, built in the early 1800s. Saigon,
Vietnam
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