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Bend over backwards – a flexible performer makes a diffi cult manoeuvre look easy during “Phum Style” by Phare Ponleu Selpak at the Phnom Penh Arts Festival.
Splashing around – sloshing molten iron on the rampart is part of the “Dashuhua”, a traditional folk art performed as part of the Lantern Festival celebrations in Yuxian, China.
Reaching great heights – at 2.36m tall, 34-year-old Yao Defen is the tallest woman in Asia. Even while seated at the entrance of her home in Shu Cha in eastern China, she towers over her pal.
Immortal imprint – Hong Kong actress, Cecilia Cheung measures up for her wax doppelganger to join the myriad of stars at the soon-to-reopen Madame Tussauds Hong Kong.
Self-skewering – at the Thaipusam festival, Hindu devotees pierce their bodies with long silver needles and metal hooks, and carry spectacular (and extremely heavy!) Kavadis.
Tea treasures – farmers pick spring tea in a garden on a hill in Zhaoping, a mountainous county in China.
Flower power – men in stilts dressed as flowers add a touch of floral fun for the family at Sentosa Flowers 2006, themed “A Giant’s Garden”.
Having a “hay day” – elephants from the Mae Sa elephant camp in Chiang Mai tuck into an annual elephant buffet comprising various kinds of fruits.
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