Doesn't She Look Wise Beyond Her Few Years--Buddha-like?

Malaysia. Borneo. Sabah. Papar. Chinese girl.

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The Power of DNA

Colombia. Silvia (Cauca State). Guambiano Indian mother and daughter walking to the Tuesday market

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Decorum is as Old as Humanity

Brazil. Amazon rain forest. Under a thatch of white bird's down a Yanomami herald who came to invite a neighboring clan to a plantain soup feast waits in the center of the vast communal house's interior courtyard to be received by an elder. He has laid down his bow and arrows next to him.

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Some Kids Will Study Under Any Conditions

Colombia. Guajira Desert. Rural school. A little Waiuu Indian Girl sitting in a corner of the class room.

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How About this for a Surf Board?

Colombia. Choco rain forest. Noanama Indian boy zipping over the Docordo River.

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Fleeting Scene From Idyllic Times Past

Bolivia. Quillacollo, near Cochabamba. Church entrance.

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Watching a Bout of Street Soccer, a Boy Fell Asleep in a Statue's Arms

Brazil. Salvador. Central Square. 

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The Joys of Grandfathers

Brazil. Amazon rain forest. Yanomami man and grandson.

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Returning Home After Working in the Family's Fields

Ghana. Adukrum, an Ashanti village near Kumasi.

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Where Hosts Push Drinks Down Guests' Throats

Brazil. Amazon rain forest. To help keep the peace with neighbors, a Yanomami clan invited another to come share plantain soup with them. Custom requires that hosts show much generosity and guests much delight with it, even  if it the soup must be pushed down their throats.  To keep up with the generosity, guests have no recourse but to also push a finger inside their throats once in a while to make room for more soup.  They get so bloated that  they end up looking high on drugs.

Brésil. Amazonie. Pour aider à conserver la paix avec des voisins, un clan yanomami en invita un autre à boire avec eux la soupe de plantain. La coutume requiert que les hôtes démontrent une grande générosité et les invités beaucoup de satisfaction, même s’il faut leur faire boire a la force. Et les hôtes font la queue devant chaque invité avec leurs pleines calebasses. Pour tenir le coup les invités n’ont d’autre recours, de temps en temps, que de s’enfoncer un doigt dans la gorge.

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