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Pictures of village life [last update 2011-12-25]


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Lao woman
Lao woman

(Laos)


Football match from above near the Okavango delta


Hmomg girls waiting to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game
Hmomg girls waiting to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

(Laos)

Litle boy near rice field
Litle boy near rice field

(Laos)

Boatman
Boatman

(Laos)

Lanten girl in traditional dress
Lanten girl in traditional dress

(Laos)

Lanten woman
Lanten woman

(Laos)

Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes
Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

(Laos)

Hmong girl eating a banana
Hmong girl eating a banana

(Laos)

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village
Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Hmong child
Hmong child

(Laos)

Woman in Luang Namtha village
Woman in Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Lao girl
Lao girl

(Laos)

Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos
Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos

(Laos)

Lao children
Lao children

(Laos)

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village
Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Hmong girl in traditional clothes chatting on her mobile phone
Hmong girl in traditional clothes chatting on her mobile phone

(Laos)

Lao kids
Lao kids

(Laos)

Children in a Luang Namtha village
Children in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Boy preparing to go spearfishing
Boy preparing to go spearfishing

(Laos)

Deforestation in Laos
Deforestation in Laos

(Laos)

Hen, mother pig, piglets
Hen, mother pig, piglets

(Laos)

Hmong girl dressed up for a traditional courtship game
Hmong girl dressed up for a traditional courtship game

(Laos)

Hmong boy with slingshot
Hmong boy with slingshot

(Laos)

Hog being punished for going were it wasn't allowed
Hog being punished for going were it wasn't allowed

(Laos)

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village
Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Children playing a traditional Lao top spinning game
Children playing a traditional Lao top spinning game

(Laos)

Little girl jump-roping in a Luang Namtha village
Little girl jump-roping in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Hmong girl dressed up for a customary courtship game
Hmong girl dressed up for a customary courtship game

(Laos)

Hmong children in Laos
Hmong children in Laos

(Laos)

Boy pushing a hoop with a stick
Boy pushing a hoop with a stick

(Laos)

Woman in Luang Namtha village
Woman in Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Hmong child
Hmong child

(Laos)

Boy pushing a bicycle tire down a road with a stick
Boy pushing a bicycle tire down a road with a stick

(Laos)

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village
Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Kids playing a top spinning game
Kids playing a top spinning game

(Laos)

Woman collecting riverweed
Woman collecting riverweed

(Laos)

Children playing a traditional Lao top spinning game
Children playing a traditional Lao top spinning game

(Laos)

Hmong child
Hmong child

(Laos)

Pig in a wooden stock - punishment for going were it wasn't allowed
Pig in a wooden stock - punishment for going were it wasn't allowed

(Laos)

Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village
Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Boy pushing a hoop with a stick
Boy pushing a hoop with a stick

(Laos)

Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos
Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos

(Laos)

Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes
Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

(Laos)

Hmong girls eating bananas
Hmong girls eating bananas

(Laos)

Village on the Nam Tha river
Village on the Nam Tha river

(Laos)

Villagers collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River
Villagers collecting riverweek in the Nam Tha River

(Laos)

Kids playing a top spinning game
Kids playing a top spinning game

(Laos)

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village
Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Hmong woman with child
Hmong woman with child

(Laos)

Hmong girl in traditional clothes texting on a mobile phone
Hmong girl in traditional clothes texting on a mobile phone

(Laos)

Girls preparing to play pov pob, a traditional Hmong courtship game
Girls preparing to play pov pob, a traditional Hmong courtship game

(Laos)

Little girl in a Lao village
Little girl in a Lao village

(Laos)

Preparing riverweed for drying
Preparing riverweed for drying

(Laos)

Lanten girl in traditional garb
Lanten girl in traditional garb

(Laos)

Hmong child in dragon jacket
Hmong child in dragon jacket

(Laos)

Lao Boatman
Lao Boatman

(Laos)

Hmong woman with child
Hmong woman with child

(Laos)

Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game
Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

(Laos)

Lanten woman
Lanten woman

(Laos)

Hmong mother weaving straw thatch
Hmong mother weaving straw thatch

(Laos)

Hut along the Nam Tha River
Hut along the Nam Tha River

(Laos)

Hmong children in Laos
Hmong children in Laos

(Laos)

Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes
Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

(Laos)

Girls preparing to play pov pob with the boys
Girls preparing to play pov pob with the boys

(Laos)

Hmong girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game
Hmong girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

(Laos)

Lao home
Lao home

(Laos)

Weaving in Nam Gneane Cultural Village
Weaving in Nam Gneane Cultural Village

(Laos)

Preparing riverweed for drying
Preparing riverweed for drying

(Laos)

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village
Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)


Settlement near Okavango delta


Lao children
Lao children

(Laos)

Girls preparing to play pov pob, a traditional Hmong courtship game
Girls preparing to play pov pob, a traditional Hmong courtship game

(Laos)

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village
Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Lao children in a Luang Namtha village
Lao children in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Kids playing a traditional top spinning game
Kids playing a traditional top spinning game

(Laos)

Lao woman
Lao woman

(Laos)

Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes
Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

(Laos)

Hmong child in dragon jacket
Hmong child in dragon jacket

(Laos)

Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile while participating in a traditional courtship ritual
Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile while participating in a traditional courtship ritual

(Laos)

Homg girls playing Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game
Homg girls playing Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

(Laos)


Cassava growing in village field



Shop in Botswana


Hut near a rice field
Hut near a rice field

(Laos)

Fishing weir
Fishing weir

(Laos)


Fenced in settlement in Okavango delta


Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes
Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

(Laos)

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