It was in the Sôrak mountains in South Korea that we met Park Dong Jun, a member of the Simmani brotherhood of wild ginseng seekers. Photographer Pierre Bessard had the privilege of following him as he...
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The Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence is presenting around sixty works by the great artist from Nice from an unprecedented angle: that of the intimate. Internationally renowned for his monochrome paintings and his famous IKB (International Klein Blue) pigment, for which he registered a patent in 1960...
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Theiraffe women, Burmese refugees from the Padaung ethnic group, are confined to villages guarded by the Thai authorities.
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It was in Borneo, in Sarawak, that we met an Iban tribe and spent a few days in a longhouse, a traditional "longhouse" sometimes described as a "village under one roof". A habitat perfectly adapted to the equatorial environment, but threatened...
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Criss-crossed by an extensive network of footpaths, the cirque of Mafate, accessible only on foot, is one of the island's hiking myths. Wild and enchanting, Mafate has to be earned. But what beauty! The noise of man never reaches it...
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Opening in Marseille in June 2022, Cosquer Méditerranée reproduces a major site in the history of Palaeolithic cave art. This underwater cave, the only one of its kind in the world, was listed as a historic monument in 1992. We take a look at this jewel in the crown of...
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Palaeontologist and professor at the Collège de France, Yves Coppens died on 22 June 2022. He was inextricably linked with Lucy, a small australopithecine aged 3.2 million years, discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia during an international mission that he co-directed with the American Donald Johanson and the geologist...
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Dogon mythology, revealed to ethnologist Marcel Griaule in 1946 by the old hunter-initiate Ogotemmêli, has been reconstructed in his book Dieu d'eau. A complex mythological universe, transmitted orally from generation to generation of initiates.
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Half-female, half-fish, half-terrestrial, half-aquatic, Mami Wata is an African divinity, a legendary spirit linked to vodun. This cult is particularly prevalent among the Fon (Benin and Togo), Ashanti (Ghana) and Yoruba (mainly Nigeria) peoples. Meet this powerful mermaid, the object of so much...
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