Asian Geographic Issue 02/2018 (130) | Page 10

No. 130 • Issue 2/2018
Features
traditional practices
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PHOTO © CLAUDIO SIEBER
MA’NENE & PERANG API
RUESI
58
Holy Hermit Healers
Thailand’s version of Harry Potter –
forest wizards with magic wands –
are making a comeback after years of
living in the shadows
BY FRANCIS WILMER
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Death and Rebirth on the
Emerald of the Equator
Two words: skeletons and fire. From
the Indonesian islands of Bali and
Sulawesi come ancient practices both
queer and extreme
RAUTE
80
Kings of the
Dwindling Forest
One last mountain tribe still hunts
monkeys for its meals – a menu choice
that’s slipping through their grasp
BY RAM PAUDEL
BY CLAUDIO SIEBER, LESTER V. LEDESMA
On the cover
A man from Barsana, India, has the word
“Radha” drawn on his face during Holi. Under
Shaktism – a division of Hinduism – believers
worship t he Hindu goddess Shakti and her
avatars, including Radha
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This photo won Portrait Photograph of the Year at the
ASIAN Geographic Images of Asia competition 2017.
PHOTO © DONELL GUMIRAN