On last Fathers' Day, we decided to leave Sa-Pa District (34km West of Lao Cai provincial town) to visit Bac-Ha District, 110km East of Lao Cai.
Bac-Ha is famous with its Sunday Market where the Dzay minorities people gather once a week to trade their belongs. When this event happens on a regular basis, rain or sunshine, to photograph these people at work on their terraced field is difficult, since such activities depend on cultivation and harvest time.
Fortunately, we were able to spot some in traditional clothes over the muddy paths. In the coming days, I am going to share with you some shots, both at the field and at the Sunday Market.
Having them being posted here, I am looking toward your comments, critique and suggestions (tell me what you expect to see but I missed!). Hopefully I will be well armed with your inputs when I return to this lovely destination.
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This photo offers you a panoramic view of the entire valley where the farmers are team-working. According to their tradition, they don't hire others, just "rotating labor": I notified you that on that specific day, I need to borrow certain amount of labor-days, and when you need manpower, I would pay back in same manner. In many transactions including food, animal, rice etc... they still use manpower in lieu of cash, money order, check or ... credit card.
Actually, I regret that I left the medium format camera at home due to my ability to get along with others in the 16-kilometer trek. The result is obvious: my photo lost a lot of details. Hopefully next trip, my digital camera will help me in this failure.
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