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  • Juana Gutierrez Contreras spinning churro sheep wool in her natural dyes studio in the Zapotec village of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico on 25 November 2018. The handspun yarn comes from the nearby mountain village of Chichicapa
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  • Juana Gutierrez Contreras spinning churro sheep wool in her natural dyes studio in the Zapotec village of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico on 25 November 2018. The handspun yarn comes from the nearby mountain village of Chichicapa
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  • Two Brokpa women spinning yak hair using drop spindles called Yoekpa, Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs. Their distinctive hat known as 'tsipee cham' is made of yak felt with long twisted tufts, said to keep the rain from running onto their faces.
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  • Spindle for spinning cotton in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority village in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In some areas, Akha women still grow, gin and spin cotton into thread and set up their looms outdoors for weaving cotton.  One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman spinning cotton, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman spinning cotton, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman spinning cotton, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • An Akha Cherpia ethnic minority woman spins cotton whilst waiting for the tractor to transport the bags of rice back to the village, Ban Nam Hin, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Akha women utilise every spare moment of the day to get something accomplished and can often be seen spinning cotton or embroidering a jacket everywhere from working on the farm to foraging in the forest.
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  • An Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman, carrying grass in a bamboo basket for making a house roof, spins cotton whilst walking back to the village, Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Akha women utilise every spare moment of the day to get something accomplished and can often be seen spinning cotton or embroidering a jacket everywhere from working on the farm to foraging in the forest.
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  • An Akha Cherpia ethnic minority woman spins cotton whilst waiting for the tractor to transport the bags of rice back to the village, Ban Nam Hin, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Akha women utilise every spare moment of the day to get something accomplished and can often be seen spinning cotton or embroidering a jacket everywhere from working on the farm to foraging in the forest.
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  • Acrobats perform a plate spinning routine in stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • Acrobats perform a plate spinning routine in stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • Acrobats perform a plate spinning routine in stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • Acrobats perform a plate spinning routine in stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • Acrobats perform a plate spinning routine in stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • Acrobats perform a plate spinning routine in stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • Cristina Velasco spinning wool in the Zapotec village of Chichicapam in Oaxaca, Mexico on 30 November 2018. The village of Chichicapam is located in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains and is an important centre for wool processing. The wool from Churro sheep, first introduced to Mexico by the Spanish, is hand spun using a drop-spindle
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  • A Padaung ethnic minority woman spinning cotton on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings
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  • Namgay Pedon hand spinning wild silk using a drop spindle in Rangjung village, Eastern Bhutan. This area is famous for fine raw silk or bura textiles woven using natural dyes and a traditional back-strap loom.
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  • Acrobats perform a plate spinning routine in stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • Acrobats prepare for a plate spinning routine back stage at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
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  • A room set up with lots of exercise bikes for a fitness spinning class in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Bhaktapur Durbar Square , one of the world heritage sites in Nepal. A man is spinning a top from one of the many temples in the square. Bhaktapur was in the past the capital of Nepal.Summer is rainy season and not many tourists visit Nepal at this time of year.
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  • A young couple demonstrate their rock 'n' roll dancing skills in front of a crowd in Myatts Fields park in Camberwell, South London UK. Spinning his partner on the specially-laid flooring, the gentleman is dressed in a double-breasted suit in keeping with the 1950s theme of this fair's celebration of a newly-refurbished park. The lady wears a red dress and holds her arm out to regain balance as she is pulled back towards her dance partner. The seated crowd watch attentively beneath London Plain trees whose foliage gives welcome shade on a warm summer afternoon.
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  • Hidden behind their newspaper, an anonymous city worker exercises their body while simultaneously works their mind while on a gym bike. Spinning feet on pedals and slightly blurring of the pages, the person has their fitness regime fulfilled while reading all the latest in world finance from the Financial Times (FT) broadsheet.
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  • Spinning turbine blades of the Wind farm near the Cornish town of Delabole in England are blurred against fast-fading light. We barely see the three blades as they revolve to produce electricity for the national grid. First operational in mid December 1991 they were a very controversial project with locals who saw them as a blot on their familiar c though it’s permission went ahead nonetheless. The 10 turbines operated by Windelectric are carefully positioned in existing hedge lines about 270 m apart and have an annual output of about 12 million Kw hours, which equals 1 years consumption by 2700 average homes (a small town). To produce the same amount of electricity by conventional means, about 2000 tonnes of oil or 5000 tonnes of coal would have to be burnt each year, this has a Co2 offset of 4,475 tonnes.
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  • A spinning record with old fashioned running horse film strip by Tour de Vinyl.OUT of STH Vol.3 at Awangarda Gallery. Two shows at once, Les Fleurs du Mal - New Art from London curated by Cedar Lewisohn and Free Ride Art Space / bicycle exhibition curated by Blandine Roselle. The shows run 30 April - 17 June.
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  • Bolivia,  June 2013. Choritotoro, village on the altiplano. Angel spinning wool , unusual for a man, and Maria with her sheep.
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  • Man takes his morning exercise by turning a spinning top in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China. This park is well known as a place where middle aged or elderly Chinese come. This can take all forms including some surprising ones. Purple Bamboo Park (Zi Zhu Yuan Gongyuan) also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park largest parks in Beijing. It is located in the Haidian District. The park consist of three connecting lakes covering over a total area of 48 hectares. Typical of the classical Chinese garden style, and like many of Beijing's parks and gardens, it is a mountain-water landscaped garden. Constructed around canals and large lakes, the Bamboo Park is known for its liberal use of verdant bamboo groves. The garden has a variety of bamboos on display. Young people also believe that if they go to the park as a couple that their relationship is doomed to fail.
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  • From the State Route 58 that makes its way through the Mojave Desert, we see just a few of the hundreds of wind turbines of the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm. Spinning blades are seen close up, their pylon legs and towers secured into the ground by concrete and others on the distant hill sides, a multitude of white turbine blades. Development in the Tehachapi Pass began in the early 1980's and now is one of California's largest Wind resource areas, that generates electricity for other parts of the state. The area has multiple generations of wind turbine technology installed, including both single and double blade turbines, as well as the more modern three blade horizontal axis design. The older generation turbines generate kilowatts, and the modern turbines installed generate up to 3 megawatts, depending on the specific turbine and manufacturer.
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  • A women and child is runninmg their hands across prayer wheels making them spin. The prayer wheel all contain variuos prayers to Buddha and it is tradition to spin them to say prayers. Below and around the Boudhanath stupa, part of Nepal's four UNESCO World Heritage Sites. are numerous prayers wheels. The stupa is one of the most holy sites of pilgrimage for Buddhists around the world. Near Kahmandu, in the valley.
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  • Wearing a traditional deerskin vest, a Brokpa yak herder spins yak hair using a drop spindle known as a yoekpa whilst returning from the pastures to the remote village of Sakteng in Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • Sheep farmers Bago and Namgay Zam spin and card sheep wool, Chubja, Bhutan. With the easy availability of commercially processed wool and other alternatives for fabric for weaving, and the lack of human resources to look after the sheep, farming of sheep has gradually been in decline in Bhutan.
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  • Sheep farmer, Namgay Zam spins wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Chubja, Bhutan. With the easy availability of commercially processed wool and other alternatives for fabric for weaving, and the lack of human resources to look after the sheep, farming of sheep has gradually been in decline in Bhutan.
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  • A Brokpa woman spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs. Their distinctive hat known as tsipee cham is made of yak felt with long twisted tufts, said to keep the rain from running onto their faces.
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  • A Brokpa woman spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • A Brokpa woman spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs. Their distinctive hat known as tsipee cham is made of yak felt with long twisted tufts, said to keep the rain from running onto their faces.
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  • Freshly picked cotton dries outside on a plastic sheet in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority village in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In some areas, Akha women still grow, gin and spin cotton into thread. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu,  every morning after having spent time in the main Prayer Hall inside the moanatery  will head to the prayer wheels and spin them, each full turn will represent one iteration of the chants  he has conducted within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • A woman peddles fast on an exercise bike during a spin class in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • An elderly woman spins lotus plant fibre at In Paw Khone, a village of stilt houses on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). The thread will be used for making woven textiles out of a combination of lotus plant fibres and silk.  Lotus textiles are one of the most expensive textiles in the world. After picking, the fibres are extracted by pulling out, twisting and handrolling together with water and then spun, washed and woven into fabric, an extremely labour intensive process.
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  • An elderly woman wearing traditional footwear (opinci) spins wool by hand outside her home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • Two buddhists walk around and spin a gigantic prayer wheel according to their religion in a temple next to the Boudhanath stupa, a world heritage site and a very important place for Buhddist pilgrimage near Kathmandu.
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  • A Layap woman from Laya spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Punakha, Western Bhutan. The Layap are inhabitants of the northernmost region of Bhutan. Their clothes are woven from yak hair and wool. They are a semi-nomadic tribe whose source of livelihood is dependent on yaks and sheep the products of which they barter with the people of Punakha for daily necessities. Given the geographic isolation of many of Bhutan's villages, there are 16 different dialects and 14 regional groups in the country. Many tribes have kept alive their distinct cultural identities through their dress, language and traditions over the years.
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  • A young Layap woman from Laya spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Punakha, Western Bhutan. The Layap are inhabitants of the northernmost region of Bhutan. Traditionally, their clothes are woven from yak hair and wool although the younger women often wear the kira, the Bhutanese national dress. They are a semi-nomadic tribe whose source of livelihood is dependent on yaks and sheep the products of which they barter with the people of Punakha for daily necessities. Given the geographic isolation of many of Bhutan's villages, there are 16 different dialects and 14 regional groups in the country. Many tribes have kept alive their distinct cultural identities through their dress, language and traditions over the years.
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  • Beekeeper Ian Bailey spins and extracts honey from his hives.  Two frames full of honey produced over the summer is spun in a bucket and the honey is later poured from the bucket through a tap. His honey is made by bees kept at Hackney City farm in East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • A Bai Xing style Miao ethnic minority woman wearing her heavily decorated traditional clothing, spins human hair for use in her traditional headdress, Lao Zhai Zi village, Guizhou Province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Checking and listening to vinyl test disks on specialist record player in sound proof booth, detail shot of record playing. The Vinyl Factory is the old EMI vinyl works in Uxbridge, Middlesex, producing limited edition vinyls of new releases, plus re-presses of classics. They also act as a distributor of vinyl releases.
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  • Checking and listening to vinyl test disks on specialist record player in sound proof booth, detail shot of record playing. The Vinyl Factory is the old EMI vinyl works in Uxbridge, Middlesex, producing limited edition vinyls of new releases, plus re-presses of classics. They also act as a distributor of vinyl releases.
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  • Checking and listening to vinyl test disks on specialist record player in sound proof booth, detail shot of record playing. The Vinyl Factory is the old EMI vinyl works in Uxbridge, Middlesex, producing limited edition vinyls of new releases, plus re-presses of classics. They also act as a distributor of vinyl releases.
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  • Checking and listening to vinyl test disks on specialist record player in sound proof booth, detail shot of record playing. The Vinyl Factory is the old EMI vinyl works in Uxbridge, Middlesex, producing limited edition vinyls of new releases, plus re-presses of classics. They also act as a distributor of vinyl releases.
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  • An elderly Romanian peasant holds a spindle of wool spun from her own sheep, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • Starting the motor of a paraglider for its pilot during the world's largest aviation airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, at Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. The event annually generates $85 million in revenue over a 25 mile radius from Oshkosh. The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days long and typically begins on the last Monday in July. The airport's control tower is the busiest control tower in the world during the gathering
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  • Magic trophies on display at Warner Bros studio tour, The Making of Harry Potter on the 27th of November 2021 in Watford, London, United Kingdom. The Making of Harry Potter is a Warner Bros Studio tour where members of the public can walk around an exhibition and tour through some of the sets, see some of the authentic costumes touch some of the props used in the original Harry Potter Films made by Warner Bros. The Studio Tour in London takes people through the world of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter films.
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  • Weaving wool in a small family run cooperative, Hue city, Vietnam
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  • Detail shot of cotton to be woven in the traditional way in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • Vinyl test disk being washing in silver nitrate solution in a factory process. The Vinyl Factory is the old EMI vinyl works in Uxbridge, Middlesex, producing limited edition vinyls of new releases, plus re-presses of classics. They also act as a distributor of vinyl releases.
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  • Fatboy Slim dressed as ballerina bumble bee playing Lost Vagueness at Glastonbury in 2007.
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  • A Layap woman from Laya holds a ball of sheep wool which was spun using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Punakha, Western Bhutan. The Layap are inhabitants of the northernmost region of Bhutan. Their clothes are woven from yak hair and wool. They are a semi-nomadic tribe whose source of livelihood is dependent on yaks and sheep the products of which they barter with the people of Punakha for daily necessities. Given the geographic isolation of many of Bhutan's villages, there are 16 different dialects and 14 regional groups in the country. Many tribes have kept alive their distinct cultural identities through their dress, language and traditions over the years.
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  • A visitor to the General Electric (GE) exhibition stand at Britain's Farnborough Air Show, points to a feature on a massive, GE90-115B turbofan jet engine. Powering Boeing 777 airliners with up to 115,000 Pounds of thrust, this is a state-of-the-art engine that entered service in April 2004 with Air France. Its giant blades are lit with blue stage lighting to make it look iconic and imposing, dominating this picture of technology and innovation. Such mechanical excellence attached to the world's aircraft are helping to make them quieter and more energy and fuel efficient at a time when oil prices are making air travel an expensive mode of transport.
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  • A Rolls-Royce turbofan has been fixed to the exterior of the company’s sales stand at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England. The British-owned company have been making aircraft engines since 1914 at the start of the First World War, in response to the nation's needs, Royce designed his first aero engine – the Eagle. Modern airliners have the Trent engine's technology embedded in its power plants and Farnborough is a major showcase for its many designs. Here, their chalet has a mocked-up garden feature complete railings and the turbine blades attached to the wall above. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • A Guatemalan woman waeving making textiles in the traditional way, in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • A Guatemalan woman waeving making textiles in the traditional way, in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • A Guatemalan woman waeving making textiles in the traditional way, in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • Vinyl record test disk drying ready for test listen. The Vinyl Factory is the old EMI vinyl works in Uxbridge, Middlesex, producing limited edition vinyls of new releases, plus re-presses of classics. They also act as a distributor of vinyl releases.
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  • DJ Fatboy Slim headlining at Rockness,  2008.
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  • Fatboy Slim dressed as ballerina bumble bee playing Lost Vagueness at Glastonbury in 2007.
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  • The ever-turning London Eye is seen over the River Thames with the Palace of Westminster and Parliament beyond. The wheel is blurred after a minute's exposure and the blue sky behind renders evening as a romantic cityscape backdrop. We see Big Ben in the Tower of Westminster and Parliament just as they have become floodlit and the stand out set against the other buildings, very easily recognised as the iconic London landmarks known around the world. The Eye, or as it was known in 2000, the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Blian, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, and carries 32 sealed, air-conditioned passenger capsules which rotate at 0.26 metres (0.85 feet) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.5 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes.
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  • In mid-flight over Greater London, we see a passenger’s view of a turning airliner's wing and the capital's dusk landscape below at a low altitude. As the starboard (right) wing dips, the Virgin Atlantic Airbus banks and a long exposure blurs the city lights below. A small curved portion of the passenger window, red engines and the Union Jack colours are seen. As aerodynamic design, the flying machine is a perfect gesture towards the conquest of flight, copied from the characteristics of a bird’s anatomy. As art, the mere beauty of taking to the air and maintaining level, organised speed is so routine, we rarely look our from our window to marvel at how and why. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • A Guatemalan woman waeving making textiles in the traditional way, in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • A Guatemalan woman waeving making textiles in the traditional way, in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • A Guatemalan woman waeving making textiles in the traditional way, in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • Vinyl test disk being washing in silver nitrate solution in a factory process. The Vinyl Factory is the old EMI vinyl works in Uxbridge, Middlesex, producing limited edition vinyls of new releases, plus re-presses of classics. They also act as a distributor of vinyl releases.
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  • Dhaka, Bangladesh. Boys working in a factory making door mats out of old shoe laces. The children are not disabled but without any formal education and CSID try to convince them to join informal education. Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) is a charity working for integrating disabled children into mainstream society. Boys working in a factory making door mats out of old shoe laces. The children are not disabled but without any formal education and CSID try to convince to join informal education.
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  • A Nepalese woman works unraveling yarn at the R.C Rug Factory in the Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal, in preparation for the wool yarn to be dyed. The factory participates with the Nepal GoodWeave Foundation, who aim to eradicate child labour from the carpet factories of Nepal, as the industry is notorious for providing poor working conditions and forcing young children into labour.
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  • A village elder shows the village flourmill that is powered by water in the village of Subhai, Himalayas, India. Its over 200 years old and is constantly turning.
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  • Two girls dancing during activity time at the Kamatipura Centre in Mumbai. The centre welcomes about 100 children every day from the surrounding red-light district. The centre is run by the Prerana organisation who specialise in children of the red-light districts in Mumbai.
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  • Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook) playing a set at the Tooting branch of the Oxfam charity shop as part of Oxjam 2009.
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  • Fatboy Slim at the Atmosphere Club in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007.
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  • A Guatemalan woman waeving making textiles in the traditional way, in San Juan La Laguna - one of the villages on the banks of Lake Atitlan. It is smaller than many of the other towns and with many pess toruists, which has allowed it to preserve much of its traditional culture, which is making textiles with natural dyes. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • A potter working with clay at his wheel in Pinmore ceramics gallery, Girvan, Ayrshire.
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  • Fatboy Slim headlining at Rockness,  2008.
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  • A Nepalese women sit spinning wool to create yarn for R.C Rug Factory in Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal. The R.C Rug Factory export to Europe, U.S and Canada; and rely on the Good Weave certificate of approval to boast excellent quality and fair conditions for its workers. This is because the carpet factory industry in Nepal is notorious for providing poor working conditions and forcing young children into labour.
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  • Visitors arriving at the Grand Designs Live at the NEC, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Grand Designs Live is a home improvement exhibition spin off from the popular television series.
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  • Alistair Campbell, former Downing Street Press Secretary being interviewed on College Green on 24th May 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Todays announcement by Britains Prime Minister to step down on the 7th June has started a leadership race in the Conservative Party.
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  • An Ethiopian family in the Northern Highlands, Ethiopia.
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  • A male snowboarder in La Plagne ski resort in the French Tarentaise Valley
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  • Alistair Campbell, former Downing Street Press Secretary on College Green on 24th May 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Todays announcement by Britains Prime Minister to step down on the 7th June has started a leadership race in the Conservative Party.
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  • A male snowboarder in La Plagne ski resort in the French Tarentaise Valley
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  • After ginning (removing the seeds), the cotton is carded or ‘fluffed’ and then the soft cotton is rolled into straw-like shapes to make it easy to spin, Ban Nam Dee, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • The Tai Lue are known as experts in cotton cultivation.  After ginning (removing the seeds), the cotton is carded or ‘fluffed’ and then the soft cotton is rolled into straw-like shapes to make it easy to spin, Ban Nayang Tai, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. In Ban Nayang Tai every family has a loom under their stilted home and every family cultivates cotton for weaving into cloth. Girls learn to weave from a young age, having spent years watching and assisting their mothers and female relatives with ginning, spinning and dyeing.
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  • The Tai Lue are known as experts in cotton cultivation.  After ginning (removing the seeds), the cotton is carded or ‘fluffed’ and then the soft cotton is rolled into straw-like shapes to make it easy to spin, Ban Nayang Tai, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. In Ban Nayang Tai every family has a loom under their stilted home and every family cultivates cotton for weaving into cloth. Girls learn to weave from a young age, having spent years watching and assisting their mothers and female relatives with ginning, spinning and dyeing.
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  • A Brokpa woman carding yak hair before spinning and weaving into cloth in the remote village of Merak in Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • A Brokpa woman carding yak hair before spinning and weaving into cloth in the remote village of Merak in Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman holds a reel of hand spun cotton, Ban Nam Lue, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman wearing traditional indigo-dyed cotton clothing outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman rolling cotton, Ban Nam Dee, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • PlayPump near Pretoria, South Africa. The PlayPump Water System uses the energy of children at play to operate a water pump. It is manufactured by the South African company Roundabout Outdoor. It operates in a similar way to a windmill-driven water pump. The PlayPump water system is a like a playground merry-go-round attached to a water pump. The spinning motion pumps underground water into a 2,500-liter tank raised seven meters above ground. The water in the tank is easily dispensed by a tap valve. According to the manufacturer the pump can raise up to 1400 liters of water per hour from a depth of 40 meters. Excess water is diverted below ground again. The storage tank has a four-sided advertising panel. Two sides are used to advertise products, thereby providing money for maintenance of the pump, and the other two sides are devoted to public health messages. There are more than 1000 PlayPump systems in five countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, providing clean drinking water to more than 1 million people in need.
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  • Nepalese female worker of the R.C Rug Factory in the Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  She is using a spinning device to wrap the wool up into balls. The R.C Rug Factory export to Europe, U.S and Canada; and rely on the Good Weave certificate of approval to boast excellent quality and fair conditions for its workers. This is because the carpet factory industry in Nepal is notorious for providing poor working conditions and forcing young children into labour.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing makes paper outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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