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Labour Day

1st of May: Labour Day… No authorised demonstrations in Phnom Penh? So here are a few pics I took on May the 1st over the years… Well not EXACTLY May 1st… In fact I typed search for 1/05 in my database. And the 11/05, the 21/05, the 31/05 came up as well…


BELGIUM. Ieper. 11/05/1980: Fake hyppo at zoo.


BELGIUM. Rutten. 01/05/1981: Religious festival commemorating the assasination of Compostella pilgrims.


MEXICO. Mexico DF. 31/05/1986: Mundial ’86. Inauguration ceremony at the Azteca stadium.


CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/1989: Dance classes at the fine arts school.


ANGOLA. Cuito. 31/05/1997: Young mine victim at stadium.


ALBANIA. Mjede. 31/05/1999: Kosovar refugees waiting to be transported by train to a safer camp in the Durres region.  

2 Responses to “Labour Day”

  1. love the pic from angola…ironically, im just finishing a novel about Angola ….Antonio Lobo Antunes ^south of nowhere^…he~s my favorite Portugese writers….

    happy 1st of May Day!….do we all still UNITE: Ç))…

    somehow mr. fake hippo sings out..in our retirement…

    b

    bobblack - May 1st, 2008 at 7:22 pm

  2. I like hippopotamus…

    peace

    marcin Luczkowski - May 1st, 2008 at 8:52 pm