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China 2007 White, fluffy clouds huddled over the vast steppes of Qinghai. Now and then we’d see a yak hair tent with prayer flags flapping. The women in the tent continued to card yak wool as we tourists gaped at their … Continue reading
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Boumalne Dades, Morocco: late 1990’s We picked up a man, who worked in a shop in Boumalne Dades. He said he knew where the cave dwelling Berbers could be found. The head of the nomad family was out with his flocks of goats … Continue reading
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Rann of Kutch 2009 The villagers were used to camera wielding tourists. The younger ones were hysterical. They grabbed us, pulled at our clothing, wanted to pose then refused to pose. It was a game of cat and mouse and … Continue reading
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Mauritania 2005…near the border with Mali A Fulani caravan of bullocks carrying howdahs traveled toward us. The white tent-like coverings of the howdahs gleaming in the bright sun. Roughly thirty bullocks stolidly plodded west loaded with the tribe’s possessions: carved wooden bedsteads, … Continue reading
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Gujarat, India 2009 The Rabari raise goats and camels and are always in search of good grazing. No doubt that is why these women are on the move. Their men have taken the herds and will meet the women at … Continue reading
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Morocco’s Southeast 2003 Bread is truly the staff of life among the Berber people of Morocco. Berbers prefer meat and lots of it, but the mainstay of their diet is bread. Bread is baked daily and is at its best before it … Continue reading
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Morocco 1998 My guide owned a Land Rover and he loved to drive on the piste, which is a French word for dirt track. I liked it, too, because we’d often come across people who lived the way people in … Continue reading
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Bouarfa, Morocco 2006 A young Berber woman works in her tent kitchen. She pours water from the yellow bottle to wash dishes. She is frugal with the water… as someone who would have to go with a jerry-can-laden donkey to fetch … Continue reading
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Niger 2000 A small village north of Arlit. This is how Touareg men dress for important occasions such as a village celebration we attended. The men seemed menacing. I could well imagine the fear of camel caravans when a group of … Continue reading
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A Nomad’s Tent in Morocco’s Tafilalet Region, 2003 My guide, Ali, was always on the lookout for photo opportunities for me. He heard that there was a large encampment of nomads near the old village of Taouz, only a few kilometers … Continue reading
