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Visions of Walabi

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  • Atsu Vutsi, 8, repeatedly tosses clumps of duck feathers into the air and lets them rain down upon her. She found the feathers in the barnyard and played with them for several hours. Children in the village of Walabi lack toys.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • Jaka Duzhelum, 37, and her twin daughters aerate a manure pile in preparation for spring planting. The family lost their home to a fire and struggle to maintain the fields while rebuilding the house by hand.
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  • Atsu Dashur makes a quick visit to the Moso Traditional Dance Hall after completing his morning routine of leading a team of horses into the mountains of Walabi.
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  • Walabi residents and visiting relatives encircle a bonfire, singing traditional songs and dancing in celebration of the Lunar New Year. As electricity is sparse and often unavailable, fire remains the village's main source for light and the only source for heat.
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  • Ata Latsu, left, joins a singing chorus of women as they exchange impromptu bantering in song with a group of Moso men. The songs follow a set tune, but the singers must quickly create lyrics in a competition of wit between the sexes.
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  • In the early hours of the morning, Yidrih Drumah, 41, scatters grain in the courtyard of her home as a first meal for the animals. Moso houses are built around courtyards with segments reserved for the elderly, the mature women and their lovers, the children and the animals.
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  • A Moso woman gets help strapping her baby to her back before heading out in the morning. The village of 300 grew dramatically as family members returned home for the Lunar New Year.
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  • A Moso farmer accompanies a team of horses to pasture early on a chilly morning. The horses are usually led to pasture at dawn and will return to their individual homes in the evening on their own.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • A caravan of traders stop in the village of Walabi for lodging and trade. Horse caravans come through the mountainous village nearly every day bringing walnuts and yak butter from higher altitudes.
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  • Archei Duma, 7, grips the handle of a parked cargo truck, hoisting himself up onto the vehicle. The truck became a playground for Duma as the driver washed in a nearby river.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • Archei Duma, 7, stretches in the early morning hours, shaking off remnants of slumber as ducks, chickens and a dog scatter about, waiting to be fed.
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  • Children playfully throw sticks, stones and firecrackers at an elderly woman after she ran down the street like a monster attacking them. Though the woman has no house, village residents collectively care for her. After the games were over, several of the children ran to their homes and returned with food to give to her.
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  • Jaka Duzhelum, 37, gathers water from a nearby river to use in the construction of her new home. Her family lost their home to a fire and work each day alongside village men rebuilding the house by hand.
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  • A Moso woman weaves a scarf to be sold in a distant city later in the year. Weaving provides an economic alternative to prostitution for many young women in the "Women's Kingdom" that have been targeted due to misconceptions of their matrilineal culture. This loom was purchased by the Mosuo Cultural Development Association, which benefits from sales of these images.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • Jaka Duzhelum, 37, takes a break from her field work to tickle her children. The kids, mounted atop the family's water buffalo, rode around the barnyard for fun while their mother worked.
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  • A Moso family dresses in traditional clothing before posing for a portrait. Young Moso wear Western-influenced modern clothing on most days, saving traditional clothes for special occasions. Once a man or woman becomes mature, however, they are expected to wear the traditional clothing so that their ancestors will be able to recognize them when they die.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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  • These portraits of Moso villagers are a part the photographic project, "Visions of Walabi," created by Josie Liming and Danny Gawlowski depicting the people of Walabi, a small mountain village in Southwest China. The project raises money for Moso cultural preservation programs through the sales of photographic prints.
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