Listening to the rice grow

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“The Vietnamese plant the rice, the Cambodians watch it grown and the Lao listen to it grow.” French Colonial saying. Crossing the border from China into Laos, the contrast in culture couldn’t have been more stark. After China, where social interactions are generally loud, expressive affairs, Laos people seemed to conduct themselves with an amiable […]

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