Zsolt's World Nomads Scholarship 2012

ROMANIA | Tuesday, 8 January 2013 | Views [543] | View Smaller Image

Relaxing moments on the top the hill after a long hike, overlooking the village. Uncle Istvan, man of agriculture and man of nature, knowing every single bits and pieces of the hills, forests and valleys that surround his village, Chiocis-Strugoni, led us to the top of one of the highest hills surrounding the village. This was one of those moments when you feel so happy because your mind and your soul gets void, as you simply enjoy the present. Being present.

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The oldest resident of Strugeni village, a story of smile and tears at the same time. She is over 90, and told me that her sons are dead, and her grand-children are living abroad making her feel very lonely in this village that once has been flourished. People used to live well on agriculture, nowadays the youth tries to leave the village as soon as possible to find jobs in larger cities. This inevitably leads to the village growing older and older, one day maybe it will be empty. Her face and her story still haunts me a bit as the smile is mixed with the tears in her eyes.

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Gypsy girl crossing the creek in Negreni at the annual flea-market in October. Many gypsy families come to the market from afar, some of them still come by horses and carts. They sleep in tents in the nearby forests and wash in the creek by Negreni. This young girl looked like a wonder, so beautiful so I couldn't keep my eyes off her and when she crossed the creek, and most likely the cold water tickled her feet, I managed to captured her smile, which was shy and playful in the same time.

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Zsolt's World Nomads Scholarship 2012

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