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Street of Hanoi, Vietnam

Hanoi is the capital and second largest city in Vietnam. It is only behind Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon.

The chaos of Hanoi, Vietnam. A city at which takes while to adjust to and the streets are filled with motor bikes and street vendor along the road and there, you will find the most iconic Street Vendors in the world. Street Vendor are symbol of Vietnam, they became a unique characteristic of Vietnam. Hanoi would be much different without them.

While I was living in Vietnam, I was fascinated by the street vendors I watched from a balcony in Hanoi. These suppliers, who often sell fruit from two balanced baskets on a bamboo shoulder frame, are part of daily life of the Vietnamese people. This unique and culturally significant presence inspired me to be creative and to photograph them from a new angle. However, getting the composition I wanted required a lot of attempt and patience.

For this photography project "Street of Hanoi" I wanted to make sure that I only photography the street vendors in the images without any distractions, such as cars or tourists or even other street vendor, to capture the perfect image. To do this, I admit that I spent hours on coffee shops balcony and bridges under the very hot sun, waiting for street vendors to pass by and capture the right moment.

The results are an interesting showing the reality of the traditional life in Hanoi, whether it is suppliers who are pedalling or loading their products. With overflowing or nearly empty baskets after a day of hard work, it's fascinating to study the items loaded by each vendor. I hopes that my images will show people the beauty of street vendors and their important contributions to Vietnamese culture. These candid images are part of a series that tells an untold story of the city. Hanoi would be much different without them.

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Legong Dance — Bali, Indonesia

To discover a different culture in a different land is possible one of the greatest education one can have. The culture in Bali is so alive, rick and visible. It is perhaps one of the reasons this island will be place of discovery for people around the world. That’s what makes this island so unique. Here a Brazilian photography Dietrich Herlan has captured some amazing photographs of a traditional Balinese dance in Bali, Indonesia.

Balinese dance is an ancient dance tradition that is part of the religious and artistic expression among the Balinese people of Bali Island, Indonesia. Balinese dance is dynamic, angular and intensely expressive. Balinese dancers express the stories of dance-drama through the bodily gestures including gestures of fingers, hands, head and eyes. Legong is a form of Balinese dance. It is a refined dance form characterised by intricate finger movements, complicated footwork, and expressive gestures and facial expressions.

A classic dance, Legong is the name for a kind of classical dance by 3 girls, one enact the palace attendant CHONDONG, while the other two are playing the LEGONG or the main characters of the story. From among various stories to play this troupe presents the story of King Lasem. Princes of Langkesari of Daha Kingdom.

Despite his effort, she refuses to yield to him as she believes that her fiancé, Prince of Kahuripan, is coming to her rescue. Feeling sorry for her abductor, LangKesari urges him to let her free, but the kidnapper prefers to oppose and fight his contender instead of releasing her. On the way to the battle Lasem meets reven, symbol of bad omen, yet he continues his way only to die in the battle.

This contemporary dance, which from north Bali, depicts the period of infancy and adolescence on the life of a prince. The gestures and movement of the dancer girl dressed as young man, bravery and the effervescence of youth.

A sacred dance. This is choreography is exhibiting the glamorous butterfly in the heaven at romantic atmosphere.

A graceful love dance. First a girl dances expressing ad a flower gracefully and attracts a boy bumblebee to come. Later a bumblebee is coming and dancing together flower to flower seducing & teasing in romantic mood.

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