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Typical mask of Venice http://flic.kr/p/5KSrwU

...and they were right. I always remember that when I over-worry and it does seem to help. View Large http://flic.kr/p/5LFpci

中国云南省，丽江古城。 The Ancient City of Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China. http://flic.kr/p/4JG4b3

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These are the off-shore Island Girls who beg to differ with their sisters on the Japanese Mainland. They NEVER wear their hair in the traditional NIHON GAMI style seen in all of the other old photos of Japanese women --- not even on special occasions --- and they tie their narrow black OBI in the FRONT in a traditional knot after only a couple of simple belt-like wraps. As for their HAIR, almost without exception they grow it down to their feet, and keep it wrapped and piled on top of their heads during the day --- under various fashionable "bandanna scarves" that suit their fancy. Outside of the PROSTITUTES, these are the only other women in Japan who keep the bow to the front for their everyday, work-a-day lives. And even when the Oshima Girls trade in their Kimonos seen above, for much nicer ones to be worn during special occasions, the bow still stays in the front, and gets much BIGGER and FANCIER ! www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2569213059/in/set-7215... For the rec

Long Life To Chairman Mao China Records Catalog #M-846 (196?) 10" EP http://flic.kr/p/ajBnU

Little Red Soldiers Follow Close Behind Chairman Mao China Records Catalog #M-857 (196?) 10" EP http://flic.kr/p/ajBot

Milk Tea For Chairman Hua (Sinkiang Music) China Records Catalog #M-2351 (1978) 10" EP http://flic.kr/p/ajBnD

All Red Hearts Are Turned To The Party Suite of the Rural Young Pioneers China Records Catalog #XM-1018 (1966) 7" EP http://flic.kr/p/ajBp7

We're Off To The Vast Countryside China Records Catalog #M-2158 (197?) 10" EP http://flic.kr/p/ajBnk

From archives taken last month, on October, 15 http://flic.kr/p/6G7Ux

My contribution to Friday Food Fiesta this week. www.flickr.com/groups/fridayfoodfiesta/ Luk Chup – miniature sparkling candies shaped like fruits. Molded works of art, luk chup is made of mung bean, coconut milk, and sugar in Day Glo colors. Recipe: www.asiafood.org/recipe_list_link.cfm?recipeid=240 http://flic.kr/p/5sKNF

Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, Thailand http://flic.kr/p/5zRK5

One of my small but growing collection of Cultural Revolution-era LPs from China. Song titles include: — Red Guards From The Grasslands See Chairman Mao — The More We Study The More We Love Chairman Mao — Chairman Mao Has A Good Swim In The Yangtse River — People Throughout The World Love Chairman Mao http://flic.kr/p/22BXf

One of my small but growing collection of Cultural Revolution-era LPs from China. Song titles include: — Celebrating The Founding Of The Emancipated Serfs Association — The People's Communes Are Really Good — Carrying Manure Up The Mountainside — Young Intellectuals Come To The Home Of The Yi People http://flic.kr/p/22BWG

One of my small but growing collection of Cultural Revolution-era LPs from China. Song titles include: — Look Who's On The Honour Board — We've made Our Home In The People's Commune — Training Hard To Be Prepared Against War — Ten Sisters On The Shooting Ground http://flic.kr/p/22BYK

One of my small but growing collection of Cultural Revolution-era LPs from China. Song titles include: — In Praise Of The Party And Comrade Enver Hoxha — A Pick In One Hand And A Gun In The Other — Sailing The Seas Depends On The Helmsman — Song Of Red Friendship http://flic.kr/p/22BZh

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