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Shy..

Saw this young girl near Vaakarai - Batticaloa.Born to a poor fisherman, this young lady was helping her mother with cooking until i disturbed her for a snap which shows her status of daily living.

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Travel across the river..

This ice-cream seller ,used to travel across the river for his business.The river from Manmunai to Kokkaticholai can be only crossed by a ferry ("Paathai" in Local Tamil).There is a tar road running to kokkaticholai from the mainland-Batticaloa which is too long.Currently managed with 2 ferries.There were few fatal accidents in the middle of the river in the past.However the journey still continues for many people like this man.

Mamangam Temple Festival

Hindu Temple festivals are famous in Batticaloa,Srilanka.Celebrated in all Temples in the area in continuity from March to July, only few of them get more attraction and more devotees.Here towards the end of the festival in the most famous ,Maamaangam Pillaiyar (Lord Ghanesha) Temple, the devotees carry the statues of gods around the temple,while the leading crowd making the night more colorful with the use of fireworks.

Herding..

Time to time Human race adopted changes that made their lifestyle efficient ,easy, and lazy.For example we started herding on foot ,then decided to climb on a horse ,acquired the friendship of herding dogs, finally in the space era we utilized even easier method, in the land of Kokkatichcholai of Batticaloa District - SriLanka i witnessed this man herding the Buffaloes while riding a motorbike.Do not know what else we hold for the future.

Buffalo herding using a motorbike in Sri Lanka

Its monsoon in Jaffna..

Jaffna - one of the districts in northern Sri Lanka - with the highest concentration of Tamils in Sri Lanka,is so often addressed as a dry land by the outsiders.Its a land where the sun loves to work at its best.However this town,for several decades destroyed by ethnic troubles of the country,has no shortage for vibrancy.It is one of the beautiful places i have seen,photographed,and lived.Never lost its vibrant heritage,culture,people,nature and landscapes even during the "driest period" ,with no doubt the beauty of this place gets doubled during the rainy season,which usually occurs during the monsoon at the end of the year.These are few pictures taken during the last rainy season.

In Search of an Orang Asli

Orang Aslis, the Malaysian ancestors are nowadays one of the important key figures tthose who bringing in the tourists from all over world to the deep rain forests ( Taman Negara ) of Malaysia. These people who were seperated from the rest of the population by means of modernization,are now starting to fill the gap by migrating into the greater cities,improving the education levels,and showing more interest in more advanced job markets-including ,but not only-in the fields like Medicine,Engineering,computing.
However several people decided to stay as usual-inside the forests looking for honey,roots,and kills with their world famous methods of hunting using the Blow Pipe and darts.Small animals are hunted using poisonous darts forcefully blowed out through the Blow pipe.

An Orang Asli man

Though,now it is very rare to see them in their native old dresses,few sightings can be made if we travel inside the rain forests of Cameron Highland ( Mountain ranges in Malaysia ) and Taman Negra ( Low land Rain forests of Malaysia ).
This pictures was taken while im travelling to cameron highlands.It was a dream came true for me to witness an Orang Asli in his native dresses.He happily posed for few shots and demonstrated how to use the Blow Pipe.It was such fantastic,that i couldn't stop buying a set for me,when i saw few darts and pipes for sale along the way.Still in perfect condition,and im still trying to beat my personal record of blowing out the dart to 15 meters far straight to the center of the target.An awsome yet ,Highly Lethal Killing Machine !

Using a Blow Pipe

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