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I visited a remote mountain village in Himachal Pradesh, India, where I met this young girl. She had an endearing smile. The views were spectacular, as the image suggests.
Charles,
She indeed has a beautiful smile and bare feet!!!!
I posted a photo awhile back of 2 Montagnard girls seeing their 1st American in 1968.
While there was not the engaging smile, the timidness of the younger sister and the curiosity of the elder sister had to take that shot with an Instamatic.
The indigenous peoples of SE Asia were almost 100% barefoot at this time.
Danpbphoto wrote:
Charles,
She indeed has a beautiful smile and bare feet!!!!
I posted a photo awhile back of 2 Montagnard girls seeing their 1st American in 1968.
While there was not the engaging smile, the timidness of the younger sister and the curiosity of the elder sister had to take that shot with an Instamatic.
The indigenous peoples of SE Asia were almost 100% barefoot at this time.
I always wondered about sharp objects and such.
Again wonderful engaging image!
Dan
Dan, yours is a classic shot. It says so much if one reads between the lines. The fact that they were barefoot to me just shows how much more in touch with planet earth the indigenous people are.
charley5 wrote:
Dan, yours is a classic shot. It says so much if one reads between the lines. The fact that they were barefoot to me just shows how much more in touch with planet earth the indigenous people are.
-Charles
Thank You Charles!
It was a surreal experience for my team. Our translator spoke at length to the 2 young girls and they led us to the village elder. The village is in our right rear.
I told this story before but I used my ration card to buy cigarettes, liquor, candy, and "womanly things" and presented them to the village elder as a sign of friendship as well as the courtesy of letting us pass through his "property" without a confrontation. All over the area of operations I was working in and/or Country at the time.
It worked 100% of my 2 years in SE Asia. We were always welcomed and spent some time drinking their "village brew". It was nasty stuff! It was fermented in the ground and with a liquid I wilI not disclose what is was, “Ba Moui Ba”(not the real beer) learned how to pretend to drink without swallowing. So as not to offend the elder or his wife. The wife of the elder was especially kind and especially nasty if we did NOT present her with a "gift". She came 1st.
Just some blabbing about people meeting a people never seen before. Yes they had seen French soldiers but no Americans.
Thanks!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
Thank You Charles!
It was a surreal experience for my team. Our translator spoke at length to the 2 young girls and they led us to the village elder. The village is in our right rear.
I told this story before but I used my ration card to buy cigarettes, liquor, candy, and "womanly things" and presented them to the village elder as a sign of friendship as well as the courtesy of letting us pass through his "property" without a confrontation. All over the area of operations I was working in and/or Country at the time.
It worked 100% of my 2 years in SE Asia. We were always welcomed and spent some time drinking their "village brew". It was nasty stuff! It was fermented in the ground and with a liquid I wilI not disclose what is was, “Ba Moui Ba”(not the real beer) learned how to pretend to drink without swallowing. So as not to offend the elder or his wife. The wife of the elder was especially kind and especially nasty if we did NOT present her with a "gift". She came 1st.
Just some blabbing about people meeting a people never seen before. Yes they had seen French soldiers but no Americans.
Thanks!
Dan
I always love your stories, Dan! Thankfully, I am not in a war zone here. Mountain people are naturally friendly, particularly when I supply them with prints a few days later. Then they always welcome me back.
charley5 wrote:
I always love your stories, Dan! Thankfully, I am not in a war zone here. Mountain people are naturally friendly, particularly when I supply them with prints a few days later. Then they always welcome me back.
-Charles
The Hmongs and Monty's were always friendly when paid respect. They had been colonized by so many Country's and hated by the Chinese.
I learned my preface to the story from my mentor upon arriving in SE Asia. He was an Inuit eskimo. A seal tracker. He taught me how to "see" without looking.
I carried all of his teachings through 40 years of federal service also.
Danpbphoto wrote:
The Hmongs and Monty's were always friendly when paid respect. They had been colonized by so many Country's and hated by the Chinese.
I learned my preface to the story from my mentor upon arriving in SE Asia. He was an Inuit eskimo. A seal tracker. He taught me how to "see" without looking.
I carried all of his teachings through 40 years of federal service also.
So interesting to see without looking. One has to drop a lifetime of looking, and bring in something far more subtle.
