World Encounter Magazine - April 2024: The World Culture Edition Issue 3

APRIL 2024 ISSUE 02

Peoples & Life

Life on Ganges

Tale Of A Santals Tribe

Varanasi: India’s holy ‘City of Death’

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CONTENTS VARANASI: INDIA’S HOLY ‘CITY OF 08 DEATH’ PHOTOGRAPHER: GEMMA R. GONÇALVES DA SILVA IG: @GEMMAR.GONCALVES WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GEMMA.GONCALVESDASILVA WWW.GEMMAGONCALVESDASILVA.COM

20 LIFE ON GANGES

PHOTOGRAPHER: EMANUELE MATARAZZO IG:@EMATARAZZOTHEPHOTOGRAPHS

28 SOMEWHERE IN RUSSIA PHOTOGRAPHER: LYUDMILA OUYN IG:@_OYUNLU_

32 OLD STREET

PHOTOGRAPHER: JULIYA SIDOROVA IG: @JULIYA_ANIMALIMAGE WB: HTTPS://ANIMALIMAGE.WFOLIO.PRO WWW.PINTEREST.COM/SIDULIYA

36 CHINATOWN

PHOTOGRAPHER: LIFU HU IG: @LIFU_HU_VIVIAN

44 PEOPLES & LIFE

PHOTOGRAPHER: MAHMUD TAREQ HASSAN KHAN IG:@MAHMUDSFOTOART

52 TALE OF A SANTALS TRIBE PHOTOGRAPHER: FUAD SARKAR IG:@FUAD01717

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Varanasi: India’s holy ‘City of Death’ PHOTOGRAPHER: GEMMA R. GONÇALVES DA SILVA IG: @GEMMAR.GONCALVES WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GEMMA.GONCALVESDASILVA WWW.GEMMAGONCALVESDASILVA.COM

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Life on Ganges

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Somewhere in Russia PHOTOGRAPHER: LYUDMILA OUYN IG:@_OYUNLU_

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Old street PHOTOGRAPHER: JULIYA SIDOROVA IG: @JULIYA_ANIMALIMAGE WB: HTTPS://ANIMALIMAGE.WFOLIO.PRO WWW.PINTEREST.COM/SIDULIYA

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Chinatown PHOTOGRAPHER: LIFU HU IG: @LIFU_HU_VIVIAN

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Peoples & Life PHOTOGRAPHER: MAHMUD TAREQ HASSAN KHAN IG:@MAHMUDSFOTOART

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Tale Of A Santals Tribe PHOTOGRAPHER: FUAD SARKAR IG:@FUAD01717

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PHOTOGRAPHER: EMANUELE MATARAZZO IG:@EMATARAZZOTHEPHOTOGRAPHS

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