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Dialogues with the Dead – Today

In Western culture All Saints Day is traditionally a time to remember the deceased. As it turns out I seem to have quite a few pictures relating to funerals and rituals related to the deceased. In the following posts I will take you to different parts of the world on a not necessarily morbid journey…

One year ago more than 300 people died in a stampede on Koh Pich bridge. A ceremony will be held this morning…

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 23/11/2010: In the evening of Nov. 22nd, the last day of the annual Water Festival, gathering over 1 million people in the capital of Cambodia, a stampede took place on the Northern bridge of Koh Pich Island, killing 339 people and injuring over 500...

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 23/11/2010: In the evening of Nov. 22nd, the last day of the annual Water Festival, gathering over 1 million people in the capital of Cambodia, a stampede took place on the Northern bridge of Koh Pich Island, killing 339 people and injuring over 500...

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/11/2011: Commemorative stupa for the victims of the 2010 Koh Pich stampede which killed more than 300 people during the last day of the Water Festival.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/11/2011: Commemorative stupa for the victims of the 2010 Koh Pich stampede which killed more than 300 people during the last day of the Water Festival.

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