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Monthly Photos December 2014

Photos taken by ILCAA staff and associates are posted here once a month; most of them are taken during their field research in Asia and Africa.

(The copyright belongs to the photographers.)

The ‘first-bite’ from the matchmaker

In a wedding ceremony in Mongolia, the matchmaker pours milk into cups of the bride and groom and makes them eat boiled meat. Their lifestyle has changed, however, both meat and milk are still the most important for Mongolian.

3 AUG 2014
Inner Mongolia, China
Photograph by Yasuhiro YAMAKOSHI

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