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Valeriia & Mark

March 2022 , one year ago, we welcomed a Ukrainian mother and son in our house. I filmed them the morning they were going back home. The suitcases were already packed. Valeriia and Mark became really good friends or rather new family. Hope they are doing well back in Kiev. We miss them and wish them lots of strength. Hope to go to visit them one day.

Ukrainian friends

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Semana santa with melcocha on Monserrate mountain around Bogota, Colombia

For Easter, Semana Santa in Spanish, people walk up the mountain as a way of pilgrimage onto the Monserrate mountain that surrounds the capital. Along the little paths you’ll find colourful stalls where locals prepare food and drinks for the crowds that pass that day. Typical is the Melcocha, a super sweet postre or dessert that is very elaborated and needs a lot of man power and patience.

Bogota, Colombia

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Orgamusa, a Belgian folk trio on tour in Guangzhou China

In the vibrant city of Guangzhou you’ll find a enormous square with a park where people gather to dance, play and listen to music every night. (If you know the name of the square, please comment below). Harald, Jonas and Rurik, three Belgian musicians who were on tour to play on a Belgian festival, decided to play on that square. The Chinese listeners were very interested as they had never seen Belgian traditional folk instuments like the Hurdy Gurdy and the bagpipes. They were filled with curiosity and joy while listening to the music and started dancing.

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Guangzhou, China

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A walk around Cachipai, a village in the province of Cundinamarca, Colombia.

We walked along the village and were attracted by some old school Colombian music coming from the front garden of a colourfully painted houdse in one of the streets pointing to the mountains. A few very happy drunk people were dancing and enjoying life. They smiled and just kept on dancing for us.