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Girls in colorful shawls and flowered dresses
October 6, 2011

Folded Hands, Brunei

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Colorful shawls and flowered dresses accentuate these Bruneian girls as they practice for a traditional Malay family gathering. Their hands, folded together, symbolize humility and peace.

(From the upcoming National Geographic book Visions of Earth)


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Photograph by Adam Hanif, Your Shot

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