Photographs by Timothy S. Allen
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Village Life: Mazu Festival Parade
Posted on July 12, 2018
A young girl is dressed beautifully and rides a float in the Mazu Parade. These children throw out candy to the waiting audience as the float passes by. Beigang City, Yunlin County, Taiwan, May 4, 2018
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Village Life: Praying at the Temple
Posted on June 7, 2018
A man praying at the Beigang Chaotian Temple. He is holding incense sticks before a large smoky incense burner/cauldron as he prays. He then place burning sticks in the cauldron. Beigang, Yunlin County, Taiwan May 4, 2018
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Village Life: Racing Pigeons
Posted on May 28, 2018
Pigeons returning to their roost after being out for exercise. Pigeon racing is extremely popular in Taiwan. It is also one form of gambling. Here is an article on Taiwan pigeon racing. http://www.silvio-co.com/pigeons/taiwan.htm Cheng long Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. May 1, 2018
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Village Life: Mazu Festival (7)
Posted on May 27, 2018
A young girl is made up to depict a character in a traditional Chinese story/myth. She rides on a float in the Mazu Parade. Beigang, Yunlin County, Taiwan, May 4, 2018.
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Village Life: Listening to a Friend
Posted on May 12, 2018
This Cheng long Village woman was sitting on her motor scooter while listening to a friend. Cheng long Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan, May 11, 2018
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Village Life: Making Brooms
Posted on May 12, 2018
Ms Hsu is making traditional brooms in a small traditional village in Chaiyi County, Taiwan The brooms are made from palm leaves, a bamboo stick and sugar cane leaves. She told us that when she got married at 19 and moved to De Shin Li Village she had to learn how to make these traditional brooms as did all women living in this village. We had to buy two brooms, one to sweep the ground and the other to clean the ceiling. De Shin Li Village, Puzui Township, Chaiyi County, Taiwan May 10, 2018
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Village Life: Daily Walks
Posted on May 9, 2018
This man walks every late afternoon from one end of Cheng long Village to the other. That’s about 1/2 kilometers each way. He seems to enjoy the walking. He’s been generous to allow me to photograph him. Cheng long, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan, May 06, 2018
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Village Life: People
Posted on May 4, 2018
An elderly man paused to allow me to take a picture of him. A friend had stopped him to talk. Cheng long Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan May 3, 2018
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Village Life: Portraits
Posted on May 3, 2018
Children from Chenglong Elementary School look into Tsuneo Sekiguchi’s reflective pool at the small fish swimming in the water. The pool reflects a spectrum of light onto the viewer’s face. For more information on this and the other five environmental artworks go to https://artproject4wetland.wordpress.com Chenglong Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. May 3, 2018
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Traditional Taiwan Plowing
Posted on May 2, 2018
Water buffalo and oxen are now rarely seen in Taiwan plowing rice fields. An article in the March 06, 2017 Taipei Times said that there were about 99 water buffaloes in use in Taiwan in 2015. (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/03/06/2003666239) Now, big tractors are commonly seen in the fields of Taiwan. This ox was plowing a rice field near Shueilin Township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. May 1, 2018
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Village Life
Posted on April 30, 2018
A Villager Returns with Vegetables from Her Garden. Chenglong Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. April 30, 2018
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