Art
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Travel and Photography | Chora Church | Kariye Muzesi
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Chora Church | Kariye Muzesi Istanbul has more than its fair share of Byzantine monuments, but few are as drop-dead gorgeous as the Chora Church. The fact that it’s hidden away in the little-visited Western Districts of the city means that many visitors overlook it. The church was originally known as the Church of the Holy Saviour Outside the Walls, but what you see today is not the first church-outside-the-walls on this site. This one was built in the late 11th century, and underwent repairs, restructuring and conversion to a mosque in the succeeding centuries. Virtually all of the interior decoration dates from 1312 and…
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Travel and Photography | Why I Don’t Travel Alone?
© 2012 Nepal | Behind The Scene | Photograph of Me at Nepal Taken By Ahmad Shukri People travel for all kind of a reason, some do it because of their nature of work, they need to travel all over the world in order to fulfil their job specs. Some travel for leisure like a tourist. Some people like to visit modern country where there is modern buildings and great architecture. Some looking for more adventurous endeavour like trekking or climbing a mountain. First and foremost, I’m not really a travel photographer but I’m a photographer who like to travel. Travel photographers usually sell their travel pictures or they get…
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Photography Tips | Learn To See The Light Like a Pro
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Cameron Highlands Tea Plantation | All Photographs Taken With 24mm Prime Lens on Canon 5d Mark II The photographs above were taken at Cameron Valley or Bharat Tea Plantation, it is located at the main road going up to Tanah Rata from Ringlet. This is among the most visited tea plantation at Cameron Highlands due to its location, easy access from the main road compared to Habu Boh Tea Plantation and Sungai Palas Boh Tea Plantation, where you need to travel a bit deeper from the main road to get access into it. This is the favourite stop for picture taking, camera toting tourist to get…
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Travel Photography | The Rungus People Of Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | The Rungus People of Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo The Rungus are an ethnic group of Borneo, residing primarily in northern Sabah in the area surrounding Kudat. A sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, they have a distinctive language, dress, architecture, customs, and oral literature. Considered one of the most traditional ethnic groups in Sabah, many Rungus live in longhouses, with each family having its own separate quarters off a common hall. At the edge of the communal hall, a well-ventilated platform of split bamboo with outward sloping walls provides a place for socialising and communal work. The Rungus longhouse is quite different from the Murut longhouse.…
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Malaysia Day Golden Jubilee Celebration | Face of Sabah Malaysia North Borneo
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Face Of Borneo Sabah is a unique land, a melting pot of many indigenous and immigrant groups. The population comprises over thirty-one different ethnic races and 80 over different languages or dialects. The beautiful thing is all these diverse ethnic groups live together harmoniously while at the same time preserving their own culture, traditions, festivals and customs. The indigenous group in Sabah include the Kadazan Dusun, Bajau, Murut, Rungus, Lotud, Brunei, Orang Sungai, Kadayan, Bisaya and many others sub-groups. The photograph above were taken during the celebration of Malaysia Day Golden Jubilee at the Prince Philip Park, Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu Sabah. She was standing…