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Rice – It’s a way of life for us

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:21:47 -0700

Hmong, Sapa -- We are planting the Rice now.
In this image you can see my daughter So (many images of her in my stream) placing a freshly pulled rice shoots. They will be bound together and transferred to the planting paddies, about 2 km away, for the next day planting.

The rice planting season has start and everyone is busy in the labor intensive process. Unlike what many of you may think, it a happy time for the Hmong, when families and friends work together. They chat and laugh and you will never hear a complaint and rarely see a sign of hardship.

I spend all my time with my friends, morning to night, and sometimes nights. In the paddies up to my knees. It’s a thick paste, so you sink slowly and feel the earth squeezing through your toes and wrapping you. You kind of slide into it and the same when you make a step in reverse. You feel really connected and one with earth. It’s a balancing act to walk the narrow and slippery edges.

See the rice set here

The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from china in the last 300 years. They live of the land and believe in the spirits.

i'm sad...

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:55:11 -0700

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It’s just the way we feel sometimes…
(Dedicated to a friend in Sapa)

the look -- 外观

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:18:40 -0700

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Just a quick test/play :)

During my last trip to Sapa, Vietnam, I took a short 3 day trip to China to see Yuanyang in Yunnan province. This portrait of Loan, my trip organizer, was taken very early one morning as we were waiting for the sun to rise over the wonderful, and very famouse, rice paddies of Yuanyang. Will have to come back here, as the rice paddies were not flooded at this time.

Loan in Vietnamese is a female phoenix.

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Kids Life... Smiles, tears and fun...

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:31:05 -0800

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Older brother Giang (back, right) just has to annoy younger brother Nga until Bo, who is like a sister, comes to the rescue. Isn’t kids life same everywhere?

The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. Most reside at an altitude of 1,600 – 1,700 meters above sea level in this stunningly beautiful region they call “the city above the clouds”. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years.

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The look...

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:56:22 -0800

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Lu Thi Mu (8) was leaning on a church wall, in Lao Chai village near Sapa, watching me intently. Did not say a word, but yet expressed so much with her eyes...

In this region about half the Hmong are Catholic and half animistic. They live of the land growing rice and corn and they all believe in the spirits.

The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. Most reside at an altitude of 1,600 – 1,700 meters above sea level in this stunningly beautiful region they call “the city above the clouds”. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years.

One rice grain at a time

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:50:35 -0700

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Hmong woman rice panning in the field at Sả Séng village near Sapa, Vietnam.

Wonderful people... honest, fun loving, hard working, enjoy life and beauty… existentialists...

In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. Most reside at an altitude of 1,600 – 1,700 meters above sea level in this stunningly beautiful region they call “the city above the clouds”. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years.

More about Rice planting and harvest Here

a better view

Pls. note: I’m on dialup here and not much on line… will catch up with you when back home, Thanks

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Viva

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:18:43 -0700

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Viva with a peacock feather.
My daughter finally agrees to model and I had to be fast :)

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A square crop of a previous post... for my new contacts to see :)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR : 2010

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Existentialist -- Hmong woman Vu

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:55:38 -0700

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Explore #423 on Sunday, June 28, 2009

On the way to her village, Lao Chai, this wonderful woman is selling souvenirs to tourist.

The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. Most reside at an altitude of 1,600 – 1,700 meters above sea level in this stunningly beautiful region they call “the city above the clouds”. The Hmong live of the land growing rice and corn and they all believe in the spirits. The Hmong live every minute to its fullest, they are the true Existentialists.

See more Hmong portraits here

(Reply to a question below)
There are several Hmong (Mong) tribes, usually described by there clothing. My images are of the Black Hmong, but there are also Green, Red, White, Flower and Dress Hmong,

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Let it grow…

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:16:10 -0700

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Explore #247 on Monday, June 1, 2009

Hmong, Sapa -- We are planting the Rice now.
Khu, with her son, Mi Tu, on her back, fertilizing after planting.

Hmong people are highly intelligent, resourceful and survivors in high altitudes and scares resources. They live off the land and at the same time in harmony with the land. They are animistic and believe everything has a soul, a stone a rice paddy, a mountain. People have several.
The planning season is almost over now. In the next few month, until harvest in September – October, they will tend the fields; watching water levels, weeding, fertilizing, guarding against animals and birds eating or spoiling the crop. Let us all pray for them to have a bountiful harvest. They really need it… to survive.

See the rice set here

The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years. They live of the land and believe in the spirits.

a better view

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Happiness is a silver lacquer painting

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:25:40 -0700

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Explore #32 on Wedneday, August 26, 2008

This is Mini Minh, from HCM City, visiting the studio of artist Dao Anh Khanh in Hanoi.
Anh Khanh (http://www.daoanhkhanh.com/) is the pre-imminent Performance artist in Vietnam. My friend calls him the “Vietnamese Michael Jackson” and he is a wonderful friend.

Lacquer is used exclusively by the Vietnamese for artistic expression. It’s a very long process of creating an image, on a wooden board wrapped in silk, with many layers of lacquer and addition of gold and silver leafs among other materials.
See more about the process here: www.thavibu.com/articles/ATC17.htm

I can see you now Viva

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:56:15 -0700

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Explore: #5 Wednesday June 19, 2008

WHAT'S riches to her
That has made a great peacock
With the pride of her eye?

Little Hmong La at school

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:02:22 -0800

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Explore: Feb. 11, 2008 # 200

Ly Thi La, 5, just started school. Its all overwhelming to her… maybe she is asking me ‘take me out of here’. I’ve known her for over two years now, she is a quite and dreamy kid, a loner.

What’s next?

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:13:33 -0800

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Hmong mother of two, lost in thoughts over a glass of hot water.

Thi -- My favorit grandma in Sapa

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:07:15 -0800

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The beauty of the landscape of her face.

This is Thi, from my small village. She is 74 now and still fully alert and in great shape, walking daily to Sapa town and back, more than 10km., working the rice fields, making the hemp cloth, sawing her own and family clothing, etc. All this with no electricity or running water at home. Yet, she is a happy person in good health and full of energy. Always a smile on her face. I love her.

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Hmong Great Grandmother

nobody@flickr.com (NaPix -- (Time out)) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:21:16 -0700

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Explore #14, Saturday, October 25, 2008
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At over 90, Giang Thi Khu was content spending her last days surrounded be her children, grandkids and great grandchildren. So and I went to visit her in Then Tho village, 70 km away from Sapa.