Myanmar, Difficult life on the huge Inle Lake
Home to some 200,000 Intha, a Tibetan-Burmese ethnic group. Once mainly fishermen, today many of them are farmers (floating gardens) and live more and more from tourism.
This is a blessing - especially for the youth, who find good jobs in hotels and restaurants.
The multi-generation houses, schools, pagodas, stores and workshops of the Intha stand on stilts. With canoes to classes, prayer, work, weekly markets. Incessantly, locals are on the move.
Myanmar, Difficult life on the huge Inle Lake
Home to some 200,000 Intha, a Tibetan-Burmese ethnic group. Once mainly fishermen, today many of them are farmers (floating gardens) and live more and more from tourism.
This is a blessing - especially for the youth, who find good jobs in hotels and restaurants.
The multi-generation houses, schools, pagodas, stores and workshops of the Intha stand on stilts. With canoes to classes, prayer, work, weekly markets. Incessantly, locals are on the move.