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Foto do Dia NatGeo 02 03 2008

Omo Region, Ethiopia, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
In southern Ethiopia's Omo region, a Hamar child peeks out from under her mother's shawl. The Hamar are among the most elaborately attired of Ethiopia's ethnic groups. Daily dress may include piles of beaded necklaces and metal bracelets, beaded belts and headbands, leather skirts or loincloths, and elaborate, sculptured hairstyles.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Enigma of Beauty," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

Foto do Dia NGEO 27 02 2008

Berber Woman, Taarart, Morocco, 2005

Photograph by Alexandra Boulat

A Berber woman shows her hand, stained dark with henna for a wedding in the Moroccan town of Taarart. There are about 25 million Berbers—also known as Amazigh—living in Morocco and Algeria. They trace their roots back thousands of years before the seventh century Arab conquest that brought Islam to the region's mountains and deserts.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Among the Berbers: A Journey Through Morocco's High Atlas Mountains," January 2005, National Geographic magazine)

Foto do Dia NatGeo 12 02 2008

Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia, 2001

Photograph by Alexandra Boulat

A woman walks among the bell-shaped spires of Indonesia's Borobudur—the world's largest Buddhist temple. Built in the jungles of Java during the eighth and ninth centuries A.D., this ancient pilgrimage site lay abandoned for centuries until it was rediscovered and restored in the early 1900s.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Indonesia: Living Dangerously," March 2001, National Geographic magazine)

Foto do Dia Ngeo 10 02 2008

Burmese Boy, Nanyung, Myanmar, 2003

Photograph by Maria Stenzel

A boy bathes in a mist-shrouded river in Nanyung, Myanmar (Burma). Despite rich natural resources, Myanmar remains impoverished and repressed, the result of military regimes that have ruled the nation for more than 40 years.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Blood, Sweat, and Toil Along the Burma Road," November 2003, National Geographic magazine)

Foto do Dia 09 02 2008 por alessandro souza

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Foto do Dia NatGeo 17 01 2008

Costumed Celebrants, China, 2002

Celebrants clad mostly in red, the color of luck and longevity, await transport to a Chinese New Year festival in a Chinese town. The color red is believed to ward off evil spirits, and its use is prevalent throughout Chinese culture.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chasing the Great Wall," January 2003, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita

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Os celebrants clad na maior parte no vermelho, na cor da sorte e no longevity, esperam o transporte a um festival chinês do ano novo em uma cidade chinesa. O vermelho da cor é acreditado ward fora dos espíritos evil, e seu uso é prevalent durante todo a cultura chinesa. (foto disparada na atribuição para, mas não publicada dentro, "perseguindo a parede grande," janeiro 2003, compartimento geográfico nacional) fotografia por Michael S. Yamashita

Homenagem a Comunidade Cigana

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