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Chairman
LIM Geok Khoon
No . 130 • Issue 2 / 2018

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E DI TOR I A L Publisher / Editorial Director John THET • thet @ asiangeo . com associate Editors Rachel Genevieve CHIA • editor @ asiangeo . com Ian BONGSO-SELDRUP • ian @ asiangeo . com Editorial support Jun Xi LIM • editorial @ asiangeo . com
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CONTRIBUTORS Sutanta ADITYA Alex BESCOBY Jung CHANG Elena del ESTAL Sirsendu GAYEN Lester V . LEDESMA Claudia Xiaoli LEE Ram PAUDEL Pongkiat RUNGROJKARNKA Tanya SHARAPOVA Claudio SIEBER Wei WANG Francis WILMER
REFLECTIONS
28 Doctor ’ s Orders
revealed
30 Homemade Moonshine
BY ALEX BESCOBY
art
32 A Dyeing Art
BY SIRSENDU GAYEN
Science
34 Cosmetic Improvements
Wildlife
42 Cock of the Roost
BY SUTANTA ADITYA
Geography
44 Letter of the Law
Culture
48 Vanishing Act
BY PONGKIAT RUNGROJKARNKA
Heritage
50 Stamp of Authority
Literature
52 Wife Material
BY JUNG CHANG
Language
54 Island of Tongues
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picturesque
Old as the Hills
Nestled in the wilderness , southwest China ’ s largest minority tribe lives a world away from civilisation
BY CLAUDIA XIAOLI LEE
nature
Bhutan ’ s Magic Mushrooms
The shepherds of the Himalayas are just over a decade into a new tradition built on rocky foundations , for the rare fungi they harvest may soon cease to grow
BY TANYA SHARAPOVA
culture
Newari Nuptials
Born of an ancient custom to protect underage girls , women wed as early as five and typically take three husbands
BY ELENA DEL ESTAL
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Memories
92 Music to Her Ears
Passport
94 Precious Conventions
BY LIM JUN XI
timeless
112 Thinking of My Brothers on the Double Ninth Festival
BY WANG WEI
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