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Match 102 is Wrestling

From the Rohingya refugees story…

And from the Pchum Benh story…

BANGLADESH. Dechua 2. 4/06/1992: Burmese refugees. A festival for the Bangladeshi takes place. The refugee children who are not supposed to leave the limits of the camp participate in the wrestling competitions.

BANGLADESH. Dechua 2. 4/06/1992: Burmese refugees. A festival for the Bangladeshi takes place. The refugee children who are not supposed to leave the limits of the camp participate in the wrestling competitions.

CAMBODIA. Vihear Sour (Kandal). 8/10/2010: Traditional wrestling matches during last day of Pchum Ben festivities, when Cambodians pray for the spirits of their deceased.

CAMBODIA. Vihear Sour (Kandal). 8/10/2010: Traditional wrestling matches during last day of Pchum Ben festivities, when Cambodians pray for the spirits of their deceased.

Do you remember the rules for the ‘Match’ series?
Rule Nr 1: two pictures, similar in content or style, but taken 15 years apart.
Rule Nr 2: rules may be overruled…
Just one way to revisit the archive…

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