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Chairman LIM Geok Khoon No. 133 • collectors’ edition 2018-2019 CONTENTS picturesque Thailand special 02 Natural Gems Of Thailand 08 A Mecca for Divers & Snorkellers 16 Three Sites For Visita Iglesia 17 Gawai Dayak 20 E DI TOR I A L Publisher/Editorial Director John THET • [email protected] Editor KWEK Zhi Yin Rachel • [email protected] indonesia special contributing Editor DE S IG N Senior Art director Benjamin CHEH Ming Hann • [email protected] Web/it Dutch CATALON • [email protected] A DV E R T I S I NG & M A R K ET I NG accounts managers Desmond HO • [email protected] Anne LOW • [email protected] project & events manager Ellfrance PHANG • [email protected] marketing manager Nora ISMAIL • [email protected] Asian Geographic’s annual photography competition, Images of Asia, culminated in an exhibition, judging session and workshops on 24 th and 25 th November. We present this year’s winning photographs along with shortlisted entries taken with Sony cameras. philippines HIGHLIGHTS Ian BONGSO-SELDRUP • [email protected] malaysia HIGHLIGHTS indonesia HIGHLIGHTS 18 Destination Paradise thailand 30 One for the Community 46 Through the Rubble: A Shaken Faith nepal C I RC U L AT ION Senior traffic/production Manager Victor OW • [email protected] CON T R I BU TOR S Claudio Sieber Francesco Lastrucci Nathaniel Soon Prakhar Tripathi Thomas Bird Li Zhengde Lucas Vallecillos Tina Jacob Sophie Ibbotson Gilad Fiskus Editorial Submissions • [email protected] Subscriptions • [email protected] Feedback • [email protected] india 54 Water from Heaven Jewelled Princes The Shan people celebrate the ordination of young Buddhist novices with Poy Sang Long — an extravagant spiritual party that usually takes place between late March to mid-April. india 40 Images of Asia 2018 Showcase CALENDAR 104 2019 Festival Highlights Your guide to the many colourful and unique festivals taking place across Asia for the rest of the year India 60 A Place for Life and Death japan 76 Walking Among Deities 84 Gateways to the Past and Future 88 Noble Bukhara 112 W hat’s for Tea, Darjeeling? japan UZBEKISTAN INDIA HIGHLIGHTS Copyright © 2018 by Asian Geographic Magazines Pte Ltd. No material may be reproduced without written permission. This publication is purchased with the understanding that information is presented from many sources for which there can be no warranty or responsibility by the publisher as to accuracy, originality, or completeness. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering product endorse- ments or providing instruction as a substitute for appropriate training by qualified sources. All content provided is accurate at the time of publishing. MCI (P) 008/08/2018; PPS 1367/04/2013 (022956) ISSN 0219-3310 Please recycle.