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Watching the #moon set in #Yangon, #Myanmar. A daily photo from my archives.
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Harald Felgner 💬10h ago

The missing #Vietnam files, Day 5. We learned how to paint #NónGạo hats and how to produce colorful #HénHương sticks near #Hanoi, in #ChợNónChuông to be exact 🌾🇻🇳

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WINGS_radio 19h ago

The Rise of #Durian #Diplomacy
In Asia, soft power rests on a divisive, spiky #fruit
#Beijing uses its citizens’ insatiable appetite for the spiky, strong-smelling fruit as leverage to sweeten relations with #producers in #southeastasia . As countries from #Malaysia to the #Philippines see durian #demand rise, Gloria Dickie writes, #China uses access to its #market to curry favor in a region where its #geopolitical confrontation with the #UnitedStates is heating up. [Foreign Policy]

Dag-Rune Z 22h ago

The mirror pond at Neak Poan temple

A morning bike to Neak Pean/Neak Poan (Khmer: ប្រាសាទនាគព័ន្ធ, “the entwined serpents”) is a fresh morning bike trip. The main temple tower dedicated to Avalokitesvara is this one in the mirror pond is worth the trip itself.

Neak Pean was built as a retreat and healing place at an artificial island. This island was put in the centre of a man made Baray/lake and water-reservoir.

In memory and honour of Dad
The surrounding Jayatataka Baray lays due east of the Preah Khan temple. This is the large temple complex J7 built in honour of his father.

Jayavarman VII had clear visions as mighty ruler of the Khmer Empire. This was the most beautiful of the more than 110 hospitals he initiated build for his people all over the core parts of his Empire. It is an architectural and water engineering marvel. Placed close by the large temple built in memory of his dad.

Tips for visits
Neak Pean is normally part of the Grand Circuit Tours of Angkor Park. It should be visited early after sunrise, before the soft breeze of the day breaks up the internal mirror pond tranquillity.

https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2024/12/25/neak-poan-hospital-temple-for-peace-of-mind/

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Beware The Cheese 1d ago

A beautiful view of #ShwedagonPagoda in #Yangon, #Myanmar. A daily photo from my archives.
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Japan 1d ago

Macroscope | Japan’s political turmoil will weigh heavily on its economy, and beyond

Are politicians dispensable, and can elite bure…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #BankofJapan #China #DemocraticPartyofJapan #fumiokishida #inflation #Japanese #Japanesegovernmentbonds #Japanesenews #Komeito #LiberalDemocraticParty #news #PrimeMinister #SanaeTakaichi #shinzoabe #SoutheastAsia #yuichirotamaki
https://www.alojapan.com/1395163/macroscope-japans-political-turmoil-will-weigh-heavily-on-its-economy-and-beyond/

Alo Japan 1d ago

https://www.alojapan.com/1395163/macroscope-japans-political-turmoil-will-weigh-heavily-on-its-economy-and-beyond/ Macroscope | Japan’s political turmoil will weigh heavily on its economy, and beyond #BankOfJapan #China #DemocraticPartyOfJapan #FumioKishida #inflation #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseGovernmentBonds #JapaneseNews #Komeito #LiberalDemocraticParty #news #PrimeMinister #SanaeTakaichi #ShinzoAbe #SoutheastAsia #YuichiroTamaki Are politicians dispensable, and can elite bureaucrats run a country more efficiently? The question has become one

Jürgen Hubert 1d ago

As I study German #folklore , I am constantly reminded how very, very lucky Germany was that there was a mass movement of scholars who had an interest in writing those tales down before the oral storytelling traditions they came from ended.

German folk storytelling thrived in environments when large households - or even several households - gathered together on a regular basis. As a result, such storytelling continued well into the 1950s, but then largely died out as family sizes became smaller and family units became more splintered.

But until then, thousands of people - scholars and lay enthusiasts alike - gathered tens of thousands of tales and published thousands of works - a rich body of scholarship that Germans today (such as myself) still profit from.

So if you live in a part of the world where such oral storytelling traditions still exist (I know that this is the case for parts of #SouthAsia and #SouthEastAsia , for example), then please support any organized efforts to write them down. Future generations _will_ be grateful!

https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Sagen