The second of our occasional and brief newsletters about what's new at Sprague Photo Stock brings you photos of Northern Burma's undiscovered Kachin state, a peaceful and relatively prosperous region of Myanmar. Also new are our images from post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia. You will find more new photos available for licensing online at Sprague Photo, covering global issues and subjects plus a new Calendar of Intrenational Days of Observance..

British colonial rule introduced Western elements of culture to Myanmar. Many ethnic minorities, particularly the Karen in the southeast, and the Kachin and Chin who populate the north and northwest, practice Christianity.

The Kachin community is largely Catholic and Baptists unlike the mostly Buddhist Shan State.

October 1, 2007
International Day of Older Persons
Photo stock related to Health and Aging

Learn about this event at the official U.N. site
http://www.un.org/events/olderpersons/2006/

Photographs taken in Banda Aceh, mid-December 2006, 2 years after the Tsunami of December 26th 2004 devastated much of the coastal region, leaving over 180,000 dead and 42,000 missing.