Tag: Culture

• A Love Letter to Kyrgyzstan

  

  Hi there, This letter has been long due to you, isn’t it?  For me, you epitomised the elements of nature – I came face-to-face with your concept of open spaces, open minds, and open hearts. I remember landing at Bishkek airport and taking in the landscapes below from the aircraft in awe; you were a…

  Tanya Raj

  February 26, 2021

  Asia, International, Kyrgyzstan

  Central Asia, Culture, Featured, Journey, Kyrgyzstan, lakes, letter, lonelyplanet, Love, mountains, natgeo, natgeotravel, natgeoyourshot, Nature, roadtrip, Travel, Travel Writing, travelphotography, travelstoke, Wanderlust

• Theyyams: A Dance Divine

  

  The December air is sticky with perspiration, as mosquitoes buzz around and fly into our faces, like little drunks who have lost the way, in the thick vegetation on either side of the narrow mud road we are traversing on.  A numb thumping of the drums in the distance breaks through the 2 a.m. darkness…

  Tanya Raj

  October 5, 2019

  India, Kannur, South

  Culture, Dance, Featured, Fire, History, India, Journey, lonelyplanet, lonelyplanetindia, natgeo, natgeoindia, natgeotravel, natgeoyourshot, portraits, Religion and Spirituality, Ritual, South India, Spiritual, Theyyam, Tradition, Travel, travelstoke, Wanderlust