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Beautiful mỏning on the Thu Bon river in Hoi An,

Beautiful mỏning on the Thu Bon river in Hoi An, Vietnam.
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There are 3 types of boats you'll likely find early in the morning on the river in Hoi An.
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1. Ferry: Ba or her sister do a ferry service every morning in Hoi An. The passengers are typically older women on the way to the market in the old town. There is a bridge a few hundred meters further, but the ferry across the river saves a good 7-10 minutes of walking.
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2. River Sanitation Crew: Beautiful photos of Hoi An at night full of floating lanterns? Well those lanterns must be collected the next morning by 2 (or more) of the 100+ unsung heroes that keep Hoi An beautiful and clean, the sanitation workers. You might have seen them around Hoi An dressed in blue with “Hoi An” in white letters on the back of their shirts.
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3. Fishermen/Women: Typically if they are fishing it will be a husband and wife in a small wooden boat, placing or retrieving nets in the river. The occasional fisherman can be seen returning to An Hoi Island (the island across the river from Hoi An).
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Which of these do you think are pictured here? 1, 2, or 3?
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UPDATE: It’s been a few days since we posted but it’s not for the lack of content. We are still in Dak Lak (Central Highlands) in Vietnam searching for and documenting the ethnic groups here. Yesterday, we drove 6 hours, very close to Cambodia, looking for an old woman who might still have her original jewelry. On a typical day, we will spend anywhere for 4 to 8 hours driving, exploring, looking for people from different ethnic groups. Then another 4 to 6 hours talking to and photographing the people. So at the end of any given 12 hour day when we arrive back in town, we still need to sort through pictures and compile the stories. It’s a lot of work and very rewarding, but hard to publish daily (Hence a photo of Hoi An).

UPDATE: We're still in Dak Lak searching for older

UPDATE: We're still in Dak Lak searching for older people from the Ede ethnic group that still have their traditional jewelry. We’ve been searching and searching without finding anyone. Today, we spoke to a local anthropologist. The only person that she knew of, was in the village which we visited yesterday (where Mila lives). Unfortunately, as we mentioned earlier, that woman passed last year at 108 years old.
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I’m beginning to think that what we are looking for doesn't exist anymore. This is a topic I will be delving into further in an upcoming article. We will search for one more day (tomorrow).
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Another subject that interests me is the matrilineal aspects of the Ede culture. They are sometimes listed as a matriarchy; but in all the villages that we’ve visited, this isn’t the case, at least not anymore. However, there are matrilineal aspects of their culture. Matriarchies are particularly fascinating to me as they challenge the typical patriarchal societies and mindset of the major civilizations. Perhaps, we can learn something from these smaller ethnic groups.
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Pictured is Xanh, 70, from the Ede ethnic group. He’d just returned from a morning helping his wife collecting the leftover sweet potatoes to sell. Xanh is wearing traditional handmade clothes by an Ede artisan in his village.

“At school, I am very happy because I have frien

“At school, I am very happy because I have friends and my teachers teach me a lot of things."
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Mila is from the Ede (pronounced Eh Deh) ethnic group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. When we arrived in her village today she was very curious about us, watching from a distance with her friends. When I smiled and waved at them, they all giggled and ran away.
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After a few hours of hanging out and taking some pictures of other people, she warmed up to me.
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Her mom talked a bit about her.
"At home, she is very active. Her dad was building our house and she jumped in and was playing on the foundation. She knows how to wash clothes and dishes! She talks a lot whenever she is back from school. She told me about her friends hitting her or what her teachers teach her, she also asks me to buy dolls or clothes for her. She is calmer than her sister. Her sister is hot-tempered.”
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Mila, 6 years old
Ede Ethnic Group
Dak Lak, Vietnam
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Mila’s village is the oldest Ede village in the area. Many Ede artifacts are from here. We were hoping to find a very old woman here who had traditional earrings, bracelets, and anklets. But were sad to discover that she passed last year. However, she did live to 108!
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Tomorrow we will continue searching in the region to try and locate anyone else who still wears the traditional jewelry of the Ede ethnic group.

"We are taking water home for our mom.” . Three

"We are taking water home for our mom.”
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Three siblings from the Bahnar ethnic group bring home full bottles of water from the community well, the only running water in the area. As we sat nearby in the warm afternoon sun, many people came to fill bottles, wash clothes or shower.
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Nic, 10
Duyên, 6
Năm, 8
Bahnar Ethnic Group
Kon Tum, Vietnam
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We are now in BMT, a city south of Kon Tum in Central Vietnam. We have spent the last few days in search of people from a few ethnic groups that still wear their traditional earrings. We’ve seen old pictures but haven’t been able to locate anyone yet. Yesterday, we traveled to many villages. The reply was mostly the same, the people with traditional earrings had passed 3 or 4 years ago. People from these ethnic groups haven’t worn their earrings like they used to for 2 or 3 generations. A few old men and women we spoke to used to have the traditional earrings but sold them. “We didn’t think they were valuable”, was the response from one 90-year-old woman.
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We will continue to search over the next few days.

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