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Honorable Mention BIFA 2022 Advertising / Travel/Tourism

Myanmar Monks Go Alms Round

  • Photographer
    Ngoc Vân (Helena) Nguyen
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Advertising / Travel/Tourism

Myanmar follows the Theravada Buddhism, most of precept is maintained as its original. Especially, going alms round for keep alive, each day only eating food twice time. This photo was taken in Mun Don city that home of the first two Burmese merchants who took refuge in the two treasures (Buddha - Dhamma - Sangha are triple gem) after the Buddha's enlightenment at that time there were no Sangha.

My name is Nguyen Ngoc Van, please call me by Helena Van name I grew up in Hanoi the capital of Vietnam, I love capture everything on the way I travel, I appreciate the people I met, the place I go, the hour I keep, and the spontaneity in every shoot. I believe that life is not a race, it is a journey that we can enjoy every step to explore. And happiness is not a feeling when you reach the destination, but every round of the way. Because life is a journey, I go to find myself in the midst of life, between people, between loves. And I name it: PHOTOGRAPHY - touch it to feel and love.