Auteur : Frederic Alix
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Bhutan welcomed me with white scarves and open arms—then reminded me I’d always be an outsider. A week of curry, cracked skin, and frozen mornings, between generosity and sudden rejection. More than a journey, a lesson in contrasts.
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Thimphu : froid glacial, école à ouvrir, écharpes blanches et moines intransigeants. Entre hospitalité déconcertante et rejet sec, ma première semaine au Bhoutan fut un mélange de curry, de wifi introuvable et de leçons d’humilité. Un pays qui vous adopte… puis vous rappelle que vous êtes étranger.
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Teaching in Thimphu in 2013, I spent months fighting for permission to hike Bhutan’s Tiger’s Nest. The reward: two breathless hours on switchbacks, prayer flags snapping overhead, and a legend involving a flying tigress. At 3,120 meters, faith stops being a metaphor.
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In Myanmar’s Chin State (2011 and 2017), I met the last tattooed-faced women. Between river villages and hilltop towns, I encountered friendly, funny elders who had turned their once-feared tattoos into a source of pride.
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Discover the Cheraw, the traditional Bamboo Dance of the Mizo people, through its history, symbolism, and cultural significance. Based on my journey to Chin State, Myanmar, in 2019, this article explores a fascinating living tradition shared across the highlands of India and Myanmar, illustrated with photographs and videos.
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Chin Hills in Myanmar: a land of raw beauty and steep, rocky climbs. Alone on a motorbike, climbing into Myanmar’s Chin Hills, I was scared, though I’d never admit it then. Between churches perched on ridges, a quiet temple under the stars, and beers shared with the customs officer, fear slowly turned into something else.…
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I went to Chengdu to see giant pandas. I came back thinking about a russet ghost I never actually saw — and about everything that hides in plain sight when you’re not looking for it.
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À Chengdu, entre pandas géants et rouges, j’ai découvert deux mondes : l’un imposant et paisible, l’autre discret et élégant. Ma première rencontre avec le panda rouge, ce félin des montagnes.
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Au pied du rocher de Sigiriya, cet Acte V explore la construction de l’identitĂ© de Lanka. Entre l’arrivĂ©e politique de la relique de la Dent par Hemamala en 313 et le parricide du roi Kashyapa en 477, le peuple mĂ©tissĂ© s’approprie les symboles royaux. Une fresque théâtrale oĂą l’art et la mĂ©moire populaire survivent Ă …
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A new legend rewritten: On the border of Lanna, a scribe is sent to spy on Laplae, a hidden matrilineal enclave. There, he discovers a Lawa society without locks or armies, ruled by the refusal to lie and reverence for the Earth. Confronted by the wisdom of the mothers, the scribe sees his certainties collapse…
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