Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Three painters - Tre pittori - तीन चित्रकार

Painting of Mohinder Puri, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Painting of Dame Ruth Sikrait, Indonesia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Painting of Mon Thet, Myanmar - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Three paintings in very different styles from three Asian painters at the Olympia International Art Festival and Symposium (OIAFS). The artists are - M. K. Puri from India, Tiarma Dame Ruth Sirait from Indonesia and Mon Thet from Myanmar.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः ओलिम्पिया अंतर्राष्ट्रीय कला फैस्टिवल से एशिया के तीन चित्रकारों की तीन बिल्कुल भिन्न शैलियों की कलाकृतियाँ. चित्रकार हैं - भारत के महिन्दर पुरी, इन्डोनेशिया की डेम रुथ सिराइत तथा मयनमार के मॉन थेट.

Guwahati, Assam, India - Tre quadri in stili completamente diversi tra di loro di tre pittori asiatici al Olimpia festival e simposio internazionale dell'arte. I tre artisti sono - M. K. Puri da India, Tiarma Dame Ruth Sirait da Indonesia e Mon Thet da Myanmar.

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Sunday, 17 January 2016

Airport art - Arte al aeroporto - हवाईअड्डा कला

Art, Bangkok airport, Thailand - Images by Sunil Deepak
Art, Delhi airport, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Art, Beijing airport, China - Images by Sunil Deepak

Today air travel has become common. Often people have to spend hours in the airports. If airports are beautiful places, they are not just a way to reach the destination, but become part of the journey's enjoyment. Today's images have art exhibitions from three Asian airports - from Bangkok, Delhi and Beijing.

आजकल हवाई जहाज़ से यात्रा करना आम बात हो गयी है और अक्सर लोग हवाई अड्डों पर घँटों बिताते हैं. अगर हवाई अड्डा सुन्दर जगह हो तो वह यात्रा का माध्यम ही नहीं, यात्रा के आनन्द का हिस्सा बन जाता है. आज की तस्वीरों में एशिया के तीन देशों से हवाई अड्डों में प्रदर्शित कला - बैन्काक, दिल्ली तथा बेजिन्ग से.

Oggi giorno tutti viaggiano con l'aereo. Spesso le persone sono costrette a passare delle ore negli aeroporti. Se gli aeroporti sono dei luoghi belli e piacevoli, non sono soltanto dei mezzi per arrivare alla destinazione, ma diventano parte della gioia del viaggio. Le immagini di oggi hanno mostre d'arte da tre aeroporti asiatici - da Bangkok, Delhi e Beijing.

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Saturday, 26 December 2015

Worshipping nature - Venerare natura - प्रकृति पूजा

Sacred hill, Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Sacred hill, Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Sacred hill, Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak

Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia: On the sacred mountain, you worship nature by placing a stone over another, offering a blue clothe and walking aound the stone mound.

उलानगोम, उव्स, मँगोलियाः पवित्र पहाड़ पर प्रकृति पूजा होती है, वहाँ एक के ऊपर दूसरा पत्थर रखते हैं, उस पर नीला कपड़ा चढ़ाते हैं और उसकी परिक्रमा करते हैं!

Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia: Sulla montagna sacra, per venerare la natura si mette una pietra sopra un'altra, si offre un panno azzurro e si fa un giro intorno al mucchietto delle pietre.

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Sunday, 22 November 2015

Fusion Bharatnatyam - मिश्रित भरतनाट्यम

Dance by Maya Dance Theatre in Delhi, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Dance by Maya Dance Theatre in Delhi, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Dance by Maya Dance Theatre in Delhi, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

I had seen the dance performance of Maya Dance Theatre from Singapore in Delhi. Their dance had a nice fusion of contemporary dance and classical Bharatnatyam.

सिंगापुर के माया थियेटर गुट के नृत्य को दिल्ली में देखने का अवसर मिला था. उनके नृत्य में आधुनिक नृत्य तथा पाराम्परिक भरतनाट्यम का सुन्दर सम्मिश्रण था.

Avevo assistito allo spettacolo di danza del gruppo Maya Dance Theatre di Singapore a Delhi. La loro danza aveva mescolato molto bene lo stile di danza moderna alla danza classica Bharatnatyam.

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Saturday, 21 November 2015

Floating puppets - Burattini galleggianti - तैरती कठपुतलियाँ

Wooden puppets, Vietnam - Images by Sunil Deepak
Wooden puppets, Vietnam - Images by Sunil Deepak
Wooden puppets, Vietnam - Images by Sunil Deepak

At the world Expo in Milan, there were floating wood puppets from Vietnam. Their puppet-show is done on water.

मिलान में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय एक्सो में वियतनाम की लकड़ी की तैरने वाली कठपुतलियाँ जिनका खेल पानी में दिखाते हैं.

Al Expo di Milano vi erano burattini galleggianti di legno dal Vietnam. I loro spettacoli si fanno sull'acqua.

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Sunday, 6 September 2015

Mongolian lakes - Laghi mongoli - मँगोली झीलें

Uvs lake, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Szgai lake, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Achint lake, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak

Mongolia: I have been to Mongolia many times but the journey I remember most was about seven years ago, when I had travelled in jeep from Ulgii to Uvs in the extreme west of the country. Today's images have 3 Mongolian lakes from that journey - Uvs lake, Szgai lake and Achint lake.

मँगोलियाः मँगोलिया कई बार गया लेकिन मन में सबसे अधिक यादें सात साल पहले की एक यात्रा की हैं जब देश के पश्चिम में जीप से उल्गी से उव्स की यात्रा की थी. आज की तस्वीरों में उसी यात्रा से तीन मँगोली झीलें प्रस्तुत हैं - उव्स झील, स्ज़गई झील तथा अचिन्त झील.

Mongolia: Sono stato in Mongolia diverse volte ma il viaggio che ricordo di più è stato circa sette anni fa quando avevo viaggiato in un fuoristrada da Ulgii a Uvs nel estremo ovest del paese. Le immagini di oggi presentano 3 laghi da quel viaggio - lago di Uvs, lago di Szgai e lago di Acint.

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Friday, 21 August 2015

Ethnic market - Mercato etnico - पाराम्परिक पौशाक बाज़ार

Miao ethnic dress market, Wenshan, Yunnan, China - Images by Sunil Deepak
Miao ethnic dress market, Wenshan, Yunnan, China - Images by Sunil Deepak
Miao ethnic dress market, Wenshan, Yunnan, China - Images by Sunil Deepak

Wenshan, Yunnan, China: The market of Miao people's ethnic dresses worn during marriages. Apart from south Yunnan, Miao people are also present in north Myanmar and in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland states in north-east India.

वेनशान, युन्नान, चीनः मिआओ जनजाति की विवाह के समय पहनी जाने वाली पाराम्परिक पौशाकों का बाज़ार. मिआओ जनजाति के लोग युन्नान के दक्षिण भाग के साथ साथ, उत्तरी मयनमार (बर्मा) तथा भारत में अरुणाचल प्रदेश व नागालैंड में भी रहते हैं.

Wenshan, Yunnan, Cina: Il mercato dei vestiti etnici da portare durante i matrimoni dei popoli Miao. A parte il sud dello Yunnan, i popoli Miao vivono anche nel nord della Birmania e negli stati di Arunachal Pradesh e Nagaland nel nord-est dell'India.

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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Resting soldiers - Soldati al riposo - सोते सिपाही

Second world war cemetery, Kohima, Nagaland, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Second world war cemetery, Kohima, Nagaland, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Second world war cemetery, Kohima, Nagaland, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Kohima, Nagaland, India: During the second world war, in 1944 in Kohima there was a fierce battle between the British and Japanese forces. The War Cemetery of Kohima remembers the British soldiers who had died in that battle. Indians were there on both the sides as part of British forces and as the Indian National Army with the Japanese.

कोहिमा, नागालैंड, भारतः 1944 में द्वितीय विश्व महायुद्ध के दौरान कोहिमा में ब्रिटिश तथा जापानी फौजों के बीच घमासान लड़ाई हुई थी.  कोहीमा का "युद्ध कब्रिस्तान" उस लड़ाई में मरे ब्रिटिश सिपाहियों को याद करता है. उस लड़ाई में भारतीय दोनो ओर थे, ब्रिटिश फौज  के सिपाहियों के रूप में और जापानी सिपाहियों के साथ आज़ाद हिन्द फौज के रूप में.

Kohima, Nagaland, India: Durante la seconda guerra mondiale, nel 1944 vi fu una grande battaglia a Kohima fra le forze inglesi e giapponesi. Il cimitero di guerra di Kohima ricorda i soldati inglesi morti durante quella battaglia. Gli indiani facevano parte di entrambe le forze, come parte dei soldati inglesi e come l'armata nazionale indiana con i giapponesi.

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Thursday, 2 July 2015

Monsoon river - Fiume del monsone - मानसून नदी

Monsoon skies & Brahmaputra river, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Monsoon skies & Brahmaputra river, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Monsoon skies & Brahmaputra river, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Pleasant breeze, increasing evening darkness, skies full of monsoon clouds and the boats lit by lights, so utterly romantic!

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः मधुर हवा, संध्या का घिरता अँधेरा, सावन के बादलों से घिरा आकाश और नदी पर नाव में जली रोशनी, बहुत रोमानी!

Guwahati, Assam, India: Una brezza piacevole, il crescente buio serale, i cieli coperti dalle nuvole monsoniche e le barche con le luci accese, tutto era così romantico!

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Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Bamboo sellers - Venditori di bambù - बाँस बेचनेवाले

Bamboo shops, Muchokhowa, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Bamboo shops, Muchokhowa, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Bamboo shops, Muchokhowa, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: I had seen the huts on the river Brahmaputra while passing from there in a bus and had thought that those were the houses of fishermen. When I went there I found that it was the place of bamboo sellers. Bamboos are brought there from the north through the river. Huts of the poor, traditional Assamese houses or concrete apartments, here bamboo is used in all kinds of construction.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः वहाँ से गुज़रते समय बस से ब्रह्मपुत्र नदी के किनारे बनी झोपड़ियों को देख कर सोचा था कि अवश्य मछुआरों के घर होंगे. पास जा कर देखा तो मालूम चला कि वह बाँस बेचने वालों की बस्ती है. बाँस उत्तरी असम से नदी से लाये जाते हैं. गरीबों की झोपड़ियाँ हों, पाराम्परिक घर हों या आधुनिक काँक्रीट के एपार्टमैंट, यहाँ बाँस हर जगह काम आते हैं.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Avevo visto le capanne lungo il fiume Brahmaputra mentre passavo da quelle parti in autobus e avevo pensato che erano le case dei pescatori. Invece è la zona dei venditori di bambù. I bambù arrivano dal nord tramite il fiume. Che siano le capanne dei poveri, le case assamesi tradizionali o i moderni appartamenti di cimento, il bambù si usa per tutte le costruzioni da queste parti.

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Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Widows - Vedove - विधवाएँ

Widows at Ambubashi, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Widows at Ambubashi, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Widows at Ambubashi, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Among the persons who had come for the Ambubashi festival, there were many widows, usually in small groups or accompanied by their families. It was easy to identify them - they did not have red bindi or vermilion on their foreheads. Looking at them you could see how the lives of widows in the villages are slowly changing. Some were not wearing white, rather they had saris of light colours. Many did not have short hair, others had necklace or ear-rings. None of them refused me a picture and many of them came to ask me to photograph them. If I had more time and did not have the language difficulty, I would have loved to talk to them to know more about their lives.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः अम्बुबाशी पर्व में विभिन्न राज्यों से आये लोगों में बहुत सी विधवाएँ भी थीं, अक्सर छोटे गुटों में या परिवार में बच्चों के साथ. उन्हें पहचानना कठिन नहीं था - उनके माथे पर लाल बिन्दी या सिन्दूर नहीं थे. उन्हें देख कर यह समझ आता था कि किस तरह से गावों के समाज में विधवाओं का जीवन बदल रहा है. कुछ ने सफेद साड़ी के बदले हल्के रंगों की साड़ियाँ पहनी थी, बहुतों के बाल नहीं कटे थे, किसी के गले में माला थी या कान में बुन्दे थे. फोटो खिंचवाने के लिए किसी ने न नहीं कहा, कई तो स्वयं मेरे पास आयी तथा मुझे अपनी फोटो खींचने को कहा. अगर मेरे पास कुछ समय होता तथा भाषा की दिक्कत न होती तो अवश्य उनसे बात करके उनके जीवन के बारे में जानने की कोशिश करता.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Tra le persone venute per la festa di Ambubashi, vi erano molte vedove, spesso in piccoli gruppi o accompagnati dalle famiglie. Era facile identificarle - non portavano il puntino rosso e vermiglio sulla fronte. Guardandole, potevi capire come sta cambiando lentamente la vita delle vedove nei villaggi. Alcune non portavano il bianco, invece avevano i sari in colori chiari. Molte non avevano i capelli tagliati corti, e altre portavano collane o orecchini. Nessuna di loro aveva rifiutato di farsi fotografare, al contrario, molte erano venute da me per farsi fotografare. Se avevo più tempo e conoscevo meglio la lingua, mi sarebbe piaciuto parlare con loro per capire di più sulle loro vite.

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Thursday, 25 June 2015

Goddess' men - Uomini della Dea - देवी के भक्त

Portraits of men, Ambubashi festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Portraits of men, Ambubashi festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Portraits of men, Ambubashi festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Some portraits of men at the Ambubashi festival.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः अम्बूबाशी त्यौहार में देवी माँ के दर्शन को आये कुछ पुरुष.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Ritratti di alcuni uomini alla festa di Ambubashi.

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Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Wet saris - Sari bagnati - गीली साड़ियाँ

Drying sari of pilgrims at Ambubashi festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Drying sari of pilgrims at Ambubashi festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Drying sari of pilgrims at Ambubashi festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Drying saris of the women pilgrims in a Pilgrim-camp for Ambubashi festival.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः अम्बूबाशी त्यौहार के सिलसिले में गुवाहाटी आयी महिलाओं के तीर्थयात्री कैम्प में सूखती साड़ियाँ.

Guwahati, Assam, India: I sari delle pellegrine stesi per asciugare nel campo pellegrini per la festa di Ambubashi.

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Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Pilgrims - Pellegrini - तीर्थ यात्री

Women pilgrims, Ambubashi Guwahati Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Women pilgrims, Ambubashi Guwahati Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Women pilgrims, Ambubashi Guwahati Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Yesterday the celebrations for the annual Ambubashi festival started at Kamakhaya temple. This festival is linked to Shakti cult (worship of the feminine element) and celebrates the mestruation of mother Kamakhaya. Pilgrims have come for the festival from far away places. Today's images have three women pilgrims who have come from West Bengal.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः कल कामाख्या मन्दिर में वार्षिक अम्बुबाशी त्योहार का प्रारम्भ हुआ जो शक्तिपूजा से जुड़ा है और जिसमें माँ कामाख्या की माहवारी की पूजा की जाती है. इस पूजन में हिस्सा लेने तीर्थयात्री दूर दूर से आये हैं. आज की तस्वीरों में पश्चिम बँगाल से आयी तीन महिला तीर्थ यात्री.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Ieri sono iniziate le celebrazioni per la festa annuale di Ambubashi presso il tempio di Kamakhaya. Questa festa è legata al culto di Shakti (elemento femminile) e celebra le mestruazioni della dea Kamakhaya. Pellegrini vengono da lontano per questa festa. Le immagini di oggi hanno tre pellegrine venute dallo stato di Bengala Ovest.

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Monday, 22 June 2015

Yoga dance - Danza della Yoga - योग नृत्य

Bandha Nrutya of Gotipua, Odisha, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Bandha Nrutya of Gotipua, Odisha, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Bandha Nrutya of Gotipua, Odisha, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Yesterday the first international day of yoga was celebrated. Different traditional dances of India are also influenced by yoga. For example, the Goti-Pua dance from Odisha. It is danced by young boys dressed as girls. Bandha Nritya of Goti-Pua presents different positions of yoga. Today's images are of this dance.

कल पहला अंतर्राष्ट्रीय योग दिवस मनाया गया. भारत में विभिन्न पाराम्परिक नृत्यों पर भी योगासनों का प्रभाव है, जैसे कि ओडिशा का गोटी-पूआ नृत्य. लड़कियों का भेष बनाये छोटी उम्र के लड़कों के द्वारा किये जाने वाले गोटी-पूआ के बाँध नृत्य में भिन्न योगासनों को दिखाते हैं. आज की तस्वीरों में उसी के कुछ चित्र हैं.

Ieri è stata celebrata la prima giornata internazionale della yoga. In India diverse danze tradizionali sono influenzate da yoga. Per esempio, la danza Goti-Pua dallo stato di Odisha. I danzatori sono giovani ragazzi vestiti da ragazze. Nella forma Bandha Nritya di Goti-Pua si presentano le diverse posizioni della yoga. Le immagini di oggi sono di questa danza.

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Friday, 19 June 2015

Shadow puppets - Burattini ombre - छाया कठपुतलियाँ

Black & white wayang puppets from Java Indonesia at Expo 2015 in Milan - Images by Sunil Deepak
Black & white wayang puppets from Java Indonesia at Expo 2015 in Milan - Images by Sunil Deepak
Black & white wayang puppets from Java Indonesia at Expo 2015 in Milan - Images by Sunil Deepak

Java, Indonesia: The tradition of organising shadow theatre with puppets was common in Indonesia in the 18th century. They called it Wayang. Before rice plantation the story of Devi Shri was played with puppets to ensure good crop. Today's images have some wayang puppets in black and white. All images are from the Indonesian pavilion at Expo 2015 in Milan (Italy).

जावा, इन्डोनेशियाः कठपुतलियों की छाया से नाटक करने की परम्परा जावा में अठाहरवीं शताब्दी में प्रचलित थी. वहाँ की भाषा में उसे वायन्ग कहते थे. धान बोने से पहले फसल अच्छी हो उसकी कामना के लिए देवीश्री की कथा का नाटक किया जाता था. आज की तस्वीरों में कुछ श्वेत-श्याम वायन्ग कठपुतलियाँ. सभी तस्वीरें मिलान (इटली) में आयोजित एकस्पो 2015 प्रदर्शनी में इन्डोनेशिया भवन से हैं.

Giava, Indonesia: La tradizione di organizzare teatro delle ombre era molto popolare in Indonesia nel diciottesimo secolo. Lo chiamavano Vajang. Prima di piantare riso, si organizzava il teatro di Devi Shri per assicurare un buon raccolto. Le immagini di oggi hanno alcuni burattini vajang in bianco e nero. Tutte le immagini sono dal padiglione indonesiano presso Expo 2015 in corso a Milano (Italia).

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Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Siliguri memories - Ricordi di Siliguri - सिलीगुड़ी की यादें

NJP station, Siliguri, West Bengal, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
NJP station, Siliguri, West Bengal, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
NJP station, Siliguri, West Bengal, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Siliguri, West Bengal, India: I was back there after fifty years and the city was completely changed. But some of my memories were still fresh. The big house where I was so afraid of the heads of tigers and antelopes on the walls. Stories about ghosts and witches that made my heart beat with anxiety. Walks along Teesta river. Bittu and Neena, our playmates from my uncle's family, who are no more. And, most of all, my young cousin Baby who had died under a truck while crossing the street.

सिलीगुड़ी, पश्चिम बँगाल, भारतः पचास साल के बाद वहाँ लौटा था, और शहर बिल्कुल बदल गया था. पर मेरी कुछ यादें अब भी ताज़ा थीं. वह बड़ा घर जिसमें लगे चीतों और बाराहसिंगों के सिर मुझे डरावने लगते थे. रात को सुनाने वाली भूतों चुड़ेलों की कहानियाँ जिनसे दिल धकधक करता था. तीस्ता नदी के किनारे घूमना. मौसा के परिवार से बचपन के खेल के साथी बिट्टू और नीना जो अब नहीं रहे. और सबसे अधिक, सड़क पार करते हुए ट्रक के नीचे आकर मरने वाली मेरी छोटी सी मौसेरी बहन बेबी.

Siliguri, Bengala ovest, India: Ero tornato là dopo 50 anni e la città era completamente cambiata. Ma alcune delle mie memorie erano ancora fresche. La grande casa dove avevo paura delle teste di tigri e antilopi appese sui muri. I racconti degli spiriti e delle streghe che facevano battere il mio cuore dal terrore. Le passeggiate lungo il fiume Teesta. Bittu e Neena, i nostri compagni dei giochi dalla famiglia di mio zio, che non vi sono più. E più di tutto, la mia giovane cugina Baby, morta sotto un camion mentre attraversava la strada.

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