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Hoi An Countryside — Harvesting

by 360 Nomad | Oct 31, 2018 | 0 comments

Hoi An Countryside — Harvesting

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360nomad

Emmy Award Winner
Documenting the People and Culture of Vietnam
Fine Art Photographer
Teaching Photography in Hoi An

"Grandma, what is the secret to living a long life

"Grandma, what is the secret to living a long life?”
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Grandma Anhen: “I eat a lot of rice to live a long life like my grandpa” she replies laughing.
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It’s difficult for her to hear so we talked a bit to her brother: "She is 100 years old. Our mom died last year at the age of 120. In her village, she's the oldest one.”
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“Family on our dad's side lived long lives. Like our grandpa, his first wife died because of old age, he had to go to another village to get married. He didn’t want to get married with people in the same village because he was afraid one of them would be his descendant. From what my parents told me, he had 7 wives, each died of old age. (He got re-married after each wife passed from old-age) However, we don't know how old he was. We are the grandchildren of his third wife.”
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Anhen, 100 years old
Jarai Ethnic Group
Kon Tum, Vietnam
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When we met grandma Anhen she was laying right here as she is in the photo next to the traditional fireplace. She was quite happy to see us and excited to have visitors.
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"You guys really tried hard to find me! Thank you

"You guys really tried hard to find me! Thank you so much” Ngoc, 50, says with a big smile.
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We love surprising people with little gifts like these. After taking a candid photo of Ngoc in Hoi An, Vietnam, we printed and framed the photo then set out to find her again. We’d never met her before but saw her a few times around the old town. While searching around town for her we almost gave up for the day when she suddenly appeared from around a corner on her bicycle.
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“It’s beautiful!” She exclaimed when we gave her the photo.
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Every morning Ngoc collects cardboard and other items for recycling around Hoi An and typically makes around $4-$5 a day. However, this gives her more time to spend with her family so she prefers it. After talking to her and learning about her life we also gave her some money for her family from donations we have received. So thanks again to everyone who has helped!
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You can read more about Ngoc in the previous post if you missed it.
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Ngoc carries her bicycle through Hoi An old town.

Ngoc carries her bicycle through Hoi An old town. Every day she visits the stores and restaurants around Hoi An collecting items for recycling. Today she is selling a broken electric bike to the recycling center.
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"I work from 5:30 AM-10:00 AM. I have been working on this job for 7 years. I used to fish on the ocean but not anymore. Working like this allows me to have more time for my family. The income is not stable sometimes it can be 100k (a little over $4 USD) or a little bit more."
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"My husband sells lottery tickets. He tried to work construction before but he is allergic to cement. He used to work on the ocean but now he has lots of physical problems. He earns less than 100k per day."
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"I find happiness in my job, additionally, I don’t have to spend a lot of money on investment (opening a shop for example)".
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Ngoc, 50 years old
Hoi An, Vietnam
(Name changed for privacy)
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After taking this picture we caught up with her a few weeks later to learn more about her life. We’ll post more on that tomorrow.
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Street photography is typically not my main pursuit. I believe it's because it’s not very personal to me. I like to talk to people and get to know them a bit before taking their picture. Street photography (like this photo) is usually done as people are going about their daily lives with little to no interaction.
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That being said, Trinh and I have put in huge amounts of effort to locate people after I’ve taken their photo in a candid moment. While it’s not always possible to find people again, when we do find them and can learn a bit about their life, it makes the photo much more meaningful to me. I’ll talk more about that in the next post.
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This photo is part of “Colors of Hoi An” - a photography project to highlight the bold colors of Hoi An, Vietnam, juxtaposed with the daily life of the locals.
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"In the past, we grew cotton and weaved. This blan

"In the past, we grew cotton and weaved. This blanket is very old. I made it when I was young. The white color is the natural color of cotton, for the grey parts, I used mud to dye."
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"My happiest thing now is to ‘live’ at the cemetery with my relatives,” she says laughing.
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"Now I work less, mostly rest at home but still doing gardening like pulling weed sometimes.”
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Yem, 108 years old
Xo Dang Ethnic Group
Kon Tum, Vietnam
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We returned to see grandma Yem and give her this printed photo (posted earlier). I’ll post it again in the story.
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I found it interesting that she talked about passing on with such affable insouciance. She’s talking about dying, yet it’s born from a desire to see the ones she loves again. Kind of bittersweet, I thought. However, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t smile and laugh readily. Perhaps that’s one of the factors of her living for over 100 years.
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And I just loved the fact that she still has a blanket she herself made from cotton when she was young.
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“It's hard to grow rice here. Water has to come

“It's hard to grow rice here. Water has to come from the far source (pointing at the mountain behind her back). But the government has made some channels, so we have enough water for the plants."
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"Kids here follow their parents to the field. I followed my mom when I was 5 and now I'm 42. I use this hoe to build up the edge of the rice fields."
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Phốm, 42 years old
Lao Ethnic Group
Lai Chau, Vietnam
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We met Phốm as she was finishing her day working in the rice fields. She's wearing a traditional handwoven skirt and a beautifully crafted and colorful satchel. Traditional items from the Lao ethnic group. See today's story for a close up of her bag and skirt fabric. .
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With Bình, 89, from the J’rai ethnic group in t

With Bình, 89, from the J’rai ethnic group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. He and his son Thời were quite happy to receive their photo.
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Bình lost his foot and got shrapnel in his eye during the war, so it’s hard for him to walk and see. He was quite surprised when we arrived back at his house and gave him his photo. It was the first time someone gave him a printed picture. He didn’t really smile when we first met him, but now he did.
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If you would like to support Trinh and I doing things this like this for the people in Vietnam you can check out our Patreon (link in bio). People have asked us how they can help, so we recently set up an account there to make it easier. We will be posting more behind the scenes and sharing more information about the people and experiences there. The more support that we get, the more we can do for others. Even $2 a month helps!
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And finally, thank you to everyone who has supported us this far with a special thanks to @coznlinda
and @princessrainbowpants_ .
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