It was good to use the Rollei from time to time: A relief for the eye, a breather…
And now it is on the web…
FRANCE. Bray Dunes. 15/12/1983
From the story Cambodia: Pchum Benh…
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…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 18/09/2011: People at pagodas during Pchum Benh, a two week long festival celebrating the deceased.
From the story Hmongs in Laos…
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…
LAOS. Long Lan. 02/04/1994: Hmongs at the funeral of the 18 year-old Mae Saw who died of a poorly treated typhoid fever.
From the story Mams in Guatemala…
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…
GUATEMALA. Todos Santos. 08/11/1995: Funeral.
From the story Svans in Georgia…
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…
GEORGIA. Ushguli. 28/08/1999: In the cemetery of Murkumeli. Toast to the memory of the deceased.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh.
About 50 people who were evicted from Borei Keila on January 3d and who managed to stay in Phnom Penh gathered in front of the US embassy, from where they staged a demonstration taking them to the National Assembly via the tourist spots on Sisowath Quay. They were prevented by the police to pass next to the Royal Palace. Who saw them? Who listened? A dozen of journalists, a few Human Rights monitors, a few gawkers. Meanwhile more than half of those who were forcibly sent to Phnom Bat, 45 Km from town, will have to move yet again, as it seems they are not entitled a piece of land there. Where to? Who will know?
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 10/01/2012: Families evicted from Borei Keila on January 3rd demonstrating on Sisowath Quay.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 10/01/2012: Families evicted from Borei Keila on January 3rd demonstrating and being prevented by police to pass in front of the Royal Palace..
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 10/01/2012: Families evicted from Borei Keila on January 3rd demonstrating on Sisowath Quay.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 10/01/2012: Families evicted from Borei Keila on January 3rd demonstrating in front of the US embassy.
Ms. Suy Sophan, head of the Phanimex company, who promised to build 10 appartment buildings for an on-site relocation at Borei Keila and finally only built 8 of them, this monday paid and organised (with the help of police, employees and guards) a rice distribution to the people she had violently evicted a few days ago and sent off to the forced relocation site at Phnom Bat… I’m just speculating, but she is probably convinced that she did what she had to do and that ‘her poor’ are happy now, 45 Km from their previous home, grinding the dust between their teeth, having to start their life from scratch… Hell, in her generous mood she even offered me two loafs of bread (which I politely declined)…
Monday’s pictures were added to the ‘Cambodia: Borei Keila Relocation’ story…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Bat, Oudong (Kandal). 9/01/2012: Evicted Borei Keila residents at forced relocation site, 45 Km from their previous home.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Bat, Oudong (Kandal). 9/01/2012: Ms. Suy Sophan, Head of Phanimex, company developing the Borei Keila site and responsible for the eviction of its community at rice distribution at forced relocation site, 45 Km from Pnom Penh.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Bat, Oudong (Kandal). 9/01/2012: People at rice distribution by Phanimex, the company developing the Borei Keila site and responsible for its eviction to forced relocation site.