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In the soul's mysteries

Asia 

Tales of ancestral land, the cradle of spirituality

Geo area
laos
Early morning in Isaan: 13 degrees bite into the skin. An invitation to breakfast, road dust and the Mekong. Between broken languages and BeerLao, I realise that every world is enough unto itself.
laos
Cluster bombs suspended like an artificial sky. Below, prosthetic limbs and silence. At the COPE centre in Vientiane, war is not memory: it is ground, present time, and a question that never finds an end.
thailandia
Temporary spaces inhabit the street for just a few hours. Food, gestures, relationships. Then everything is carefully erased, and life goes on.
india
In the heart of Ladakh, among passes above 5,000 metres and extreme conditions, the BRO builds and maintains the world’s highest road network: a fragile balance shaped by human labour, ingenuity, and determination.
laos
A travel-based training journey navigating the Mekong in Laos, all the way to the Golden Triangle, to document and narrate everyday life along one of the world’s most fascinating rivers.
cambodia
Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge regime annihilated Cambodia, destroying not only the country's foundations but also an entire people. The testimonies of the survivors of the atrocities of those years are crucial in order not to forget.
bangladesh
A silent soldier in an indifferent world. His scars tell of invisible battles fought to survive. His stillness challenges and inspires, reminding us that true strength lies in silent resilience
mongolia
A nomadic existence in the vastness of the Mongolian taiga, where life depends on the reindeer they take care of and contact with the rest of the world is through a satellite signal
india
When the Agariya community is in the desert of the Little Rann of Kutch to cultivate salt, the children study in old buses converted into classrooms.
india
For generations, the Agariya, a semi-nomadic community in Gujarat, India, have cultivated salt, but today a government ordinance is risking their future
vietnam
Navigating along the Mekong Delta, there is an island where time seems to slow down and stories remain hidden amidst the gentle embrace of nature
vietnam
Navigating the Mekong Delta’s boats reveals a unique life—barefoot hospitality, mutual trust, and an intimate connection with water and community
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