Ataur, the Bioscope man with his father

Technology of baking bread with flour, milk, oil, salt, and yeast. Fatir is special festive bread for celebrations. It is eat-en with qurutob, shurba and shakarob dishes as well.

A kind of bread which is fried in oil. That is special bread for table-cloth of funeral rituals and also for wedding feast.

Traditional food of Tajiks prepared from bread fatir with butter in the wooden plate. Some people use with that mellon or sour cream.

Traditional meal of the mountainous Ta-jiks. It is prepared with fatir (a kind of bread), dried sour milk melted butter, and onion.

Kupesi designs and motifs used.\nKupesi is the design printed and drawn on the ngatu. Each kupesi has a meaning, a history and place of origin which tells the place of origin of the ngatu and its makers. Often the kupesi drawn into a piece of ngatu marks historical events and co-relates to Tongan cosmology, seasons and the environment.

These are koloa (wealth), laid according to their ritual use and function, they are presented as fulfillment of fatongia (duties). Ngatu has a prominent place in all koloa presentations.

Natural dyes and pigments are used to decorate the bark cloth with patterns. The sap of the "o'a" tree is reddish-brown in colour and is a natural fixative also used as a base with other colours.

Featured is a ngatu 'uli (black ngatu). A prestigious item of wealth made and reserved for chiefs and royalty, used especially in funerals. This royal catafalque, shows ngatu'uli on top of fine mats as flooring.

Aerial photograph of this island which has traditional environment practices enshrined in regulations

Jnr Girl performer from the island of Atiu - Dancer of the Year 2005

Seated Tugging is practiced in the village festival of Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi city.\nThis village is situated on the land along the Red River dike. The people live mainly on farming and rice cultivation, so water is extremely important. The legend of Seated Tugging is rooted in the desire for sufficient water for life and production. Thus, the saints that people worship are all related to water. Seated Tugging expresses the desire for good weather and good harvest.\nSeated Tugging is done on the ground. A rattan rope is threaded through ironwood pillars fixed to the ground. The tugging game is played by two teams (nineteen people per team) sitting on the ground. One leg is bent, the other is straight, and the heels provide the leverage to pull. The teams also have to prepare gifts of sticky rice and a pig head covered with fat to offer to the saints. Seated Tugging is a ritual and a game, played in three-round matches at the Tran Vu temple festival. There is always a winning team. According to the compact of the community, it symbolizes luck and flourishing for the year. These compacts, concepts, and conditions for participation for Seated Tugging are prescribed\nby the community and maintained from generation to generation. The value of the ritual and game has a spiritual character and also expresses cultural creativity. It is the conversion of beliefs or desires into a cultural expression of offerings, rituals, and performances, which is reflected in the behavior between the two teams, as well as between the game participators, flag keeper, and drum player. All communities participate in the ritual and game voluntarily, fairly, and without rivalry.