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"Copyright © – Attila Szili.
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The shot was taken when travelling on the dusty road/track which connects, from north to south, the three main Rwandan cities located on the Kivu Lake's shore. The distance between Gisenyi in the north and Cyangugu in the south is only of 248 kms, but due to the road conditions, it takes all the day to reach one from the other. Since the lake's shore road is wonderful because you are travelling on the mountains, with its fantastic sights on the lake and the picturesque villages you drive through, it is worth of do it all instead of the mainly asphalted internal one, suggested by the travel agencies. That one is more comfortable but longer, so the time to cover the distance from Kibuye (a picturesque town with its peninsulas and archipelago, nearly at half distance between Gisenyi and Cyangugu) to Cyangugu is the same. Consider also that when leaving to the direction of the capital Kigali, you will also take the internal road and there is no reason to do it twice.
Rwanda's landscape is composed of lush forests, gentle hills, volcanic chains making it one of africa's most beautiful countries. From the east to West and north to south, you get to discover one of the best climates with a great biodiversity and great game parks.
Multi-coloured flowers, giant eucalyptus trees, immense tea and coffee plantations, banana trees, etc..everything grows in Rwanda.
"The Land of Thousands Hills" is referred often to the country because of its undulating landscape varying in altitude from 900m to 4000m.
When observing this beautiful relaxing scene, my mind goes also to what happened in settlements like this, in 1994. Since was not really clear for me that what happened that yeaar in the country, I couldn't resist to ask respectably to my 28 years old Tutsi driver, how he survived to the genocide at the age of 14. He told me very well, with passion the terrific and very sad story of the genocide and his own one. His mother and three brothers were killed during that terrific days. Apart him, his father and two sisters survived. For months he was hidden among the thick and lush vegetation, which helped him to survive eating bananas and drinking water of the lakes and ponds.
During the 3/4 months nearly 1,000,000.- men, women, children were killed by other men, women, children. The victims were mainly Tutsis and in minor part moderated Hutus, who tried to help Tutsis and/or won't take part to the slaughtering.
Unfortunately and sadly there is no related commemorative day worldwide for such a terrific holocaust. Maybe because of the indirect role and responsability of some "important" countries of the world in it.
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lestans
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(17258) 2008-03-16 7:43
Ciao Attila!!
deve essere stato un viaggio molto interessante! Complimenti!!
E grazie per le ricche informazioni che ci dai; dovresti mandare questi suggerimenti alla Lonely Planet affinchč aggiorni le guide.
L'immagine č bella interessante, il piccolo villaggio, la vita della gente in mezzo ai banani.
Ciao e a presto, spero!!
Livia
vincz
(19113) 2008-03-16 7:51
Excellent documentary shot showing us daily life in this remote part of the world that has suffered so much in the recent past. The after shocks of colonialism are still in place ... sad.
izmirli
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(3989) 2008-03-16 8:14
merhaba my friend attila
wonderful Africa daily life picture and composition.wonderful light and colours.well done my friend.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.
Tue
(91478) 2008-03-16 8:34
Hi Attila,
Good view on the village from a good and well chosen higher POV. The road is well placed in the bottom left hand corner, leading nicely towards the houses. It's nicely surrounded by the vegetation. The light is really enhancing. Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars
delic
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(6735) 2008-03-16 8:47
Attila,
Such a coincidence I see your photo two days after I finally got to watch Hotel Rwanda. Some western governments plus a certain Asian one continue to screw the poorer nations. What happened in Rwanda is now taking place in Chad, Darfur, ... Fine depiction of the village life in Kibuye. Enjoyed the well-written, candid note. Regards,
Hakan
Gustaw
(21670) 2008-03-16 13:29
Hi, my friend!
Rwadnda! Wow! It is very exotic for me. I never been in Rwanda. I like your photo about african culture. Good composition, oryginal frame. Well done.
Marek
ahmetgedikli
(25609) 2008-03-16 14:43
Merhaba Attila,
Beautiful scenery, good light and good point of view... Nice work.
Best regards.
Ahmet
Graal
(103040) 2008-03-16 23:54
Jó napot Attila,
good POV and interesting view on the village in Rwanda. Dramatic and good informations in note. Good work, well quality.
Gr., Aleksander
edytungkal
(4551) 2008-03-17 1:12
Very interesting pov, capture it from the top with perfect frame. Maybe its not a beautiful place we are often see in TE but your picture with informative note has tell us the fact and situation of this exotic country. Thanks Attila :-)
greeting from Jakarta
daniel
temmel
(2496) 2008-03-17 4:54
Szia Attila!
szép kép Afrika mindennapjairól, gyönyörű nézőpontból fotózva!
Hát igen,szomorú.
Egyes népírtásokról,alig vagy soha nem beszélnek, emlékeznek meg.
Köszönöm!
Legyen szép napod!
Linda
Vato_Law
(12732) 2008-03-17 6:45
Hello Attila,
Besides the quality of this photo, what i like the most here is to see that they now seem to live in peace and slowly life seems to return to normality.
About your note, maybe you should say that NOBODY cared about them. Why? maybe because they don't have oil, or diamonds or something else. So, why should they interfere? there was no guaranteed return...
My words to them...SHAME, they should be ashamed for their silence, for their lack of action towar5ds what was one of the most if not the most brutal act of unhumanity since WWII, and some of them still 'shout' that wars like WWII never more, and what was this? a child's play?....
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers.
Paulo
stego
(24132) 2008-03-17 8:00
Hi Attila,
One could think that you were in an helicopter. It's a nice view that seems very effective showing a face of the life of those people. One can hardly imagine the tragedy that happened so shortly ago by looking at it.
No matter how optimist we may want to be about the 'international cooperation', reality keeps denying it. In 1994 was Ruanda, 10 years before was Ethiopia, now it's Darfur...
Regards, José.
jonathan_hart
(21276) 2008-03-17 10:12
nicely framed, the high POV is very interesting
it lacks a very few more sharpness IMHO
very nice shot
about the some "important" countries i think you can say France for the main role !
regards
jo
Cricri
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(176) 2008-03-17 11:21
Hi Attila,
Une note intéressante sur la région et triste sur l'histoire du passé....
Belle vue plongeante sur cet endroit charmant entourer de végétations qui semble bien calme et agréable "maintenant", compliment
Have a nice evening for you
cricri
parbo
(11092) 2008-03-17 13:05
Hello Attila,
What a naturally protected and quiet place but full with tears and aches when merged with your very informative notes. You very well captured an excellent frame under difficult circumstances. Splendid contrasts with greens and visitors. Congratulations.
Friendly Regards,
Ertugrul
PS. Are you giving some breaks? Hope everything is fine you and your family. Regards.
ocskaymarci
(2832) 2008-03-17 13:34
Szia Attila!
Annyira jó pontokat tudsz kiszemelni a fényképezéshez! Ez a kép úgy jó, ahogy van, tökéletes a minősége is és a keret hasonló színnel mint az út nagyon jól néz ki!
Üdv,
Marci
wishlist
(4133) 2008-03-17 14:32
Ciao Attila,
ti invidio davvero tanto per questo tuo viaggio che, a leggere dalle note e guardando le foto, deve essere stato davvero interessante. Sei entrato in contatto con una parte di mondo che in confronto a noi e' ancora agli albori della storia, dove la crudelta' e la follia umana e' stata riversata su poveri innocenti.
Da punto di vista tecnico nulla da eccepire sulla realizzazione, ottima come al solito.
Ciao,
Igor
Jakab
(3867) 2008-03-17 15:34
Szia Attila!
Mintha Tamás bátya kunyhóját látnám! Tényleg szépséges ország lehet, ezt már az előző képed is igazolta.
Ami a jegyzetet illeti, el ne felejtsük, hogy majdnem annyian élnek ott, mint Magyarországon, de negyed akkora területen. Vannak szakértők, akik a nagy vérengzést egyszerű túlnépesedési probléma brutális kitörésének látják. Ettől persze az nem kevésbé szörnyű. Sokan (köztük én is) azt hitték, a zsidó holokauszt az emberiség érthetetlen, egyszeri tébolya volt. Aztán jött Kambodzsa, Bosznia, Ruanda, Koszovó - még csak azt sem lehet mondani, hogy kontinenshez vagy kultúrához kötött a vérengző hajlam. (Mellesleg ahogy tudom, Ruanda túlnyomórészt keresztény - ennyit a felsőbbrendű európai értékekről.) Nagy szégyene ez az emberiségnek, akárhogy is vesszük, persze legfőképp azoknak, akiknek hatalmuk volt/lett volna időben beavatkozni.
Na, de bízzunk a - kiben is?
Laci
Gerrit
(62042) 2008-03-18 5:33
Hi Attila,
Beautiful daily life scene in fanatstic light and colours, showing a lot of the country's beauty.
Regards, Gerrit
dip
(21408) 2008-03-18 5:38
Hello Attila,
excellent capture of this daily life scene!
great POV and lighting,I like the details,
interesting note too,
TFS,
Dimitris.
paololg
(31448) 2008-03-18 8:21
Ciao Attila,
altra VERA immagine dell'africa, che non č fatta solo di tramonti stupendi, leoni o spiagge incontaminate. Le tue belle e dolorose note confermano che la fotografia č uno dei modi piů efficaci per far conoscere al mondo le realtŕ dimenticate. Grazie per questo tuo lavoro. Bravo.
Ciao
Paolo.
bizsu
(1015) 2008-03-18 14:11
Szia Attila !
Szomorú és elgondolkodtató történet. Nézem a képet,és olvasok. Gondolataim rohangásznak szerte a világban. Mikor nő már fel az emberiség??? Remélem képed és jegyzeted eljut a világ minden zugába.
A képhez csak egy kérdés. Honnan vetted le a falut. Van ott valami domb? Vagy épületről? Nagyon érdekes betekinteni egy másik földrész életébe. Gratulálok !!!
Légy jó !
Zsú
albertopiubello
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(2623) 2008-03-19 3:42
Ciao Attila,
la foto č bella, nitida e presa da un buon angolo. Sembra un'oasi di pace.... che contrasto con i terribili avvenimenti che hanno fatto precipitare il Rwanda nell'orrore solo pochi anni fa... Ci sono due bellissimi film che non so se hai visto: Shooting dogs e Hotel Rwanda con interpreti sopravvissuti al genocidio.
Sono pienamente d'accordo con la tua nota: č un genocidio scientificamente dimenticato come molte altre tragedie d'Africa...
Alberto
Silvio1953
(220465) 2008-03-23 0:36
Ciao Attila, bel POV di questo delizioso piccolo insediamento rurale, ottima composizione con splendidi colori, un grande augurio di Buona Pasqua a te e famiglia, ciao Silvio
Clementi
(52514) 2008-03-23 4:00
Ciao Attila ,
a guardare la tua foto sembra un posto paradisiaco e non quello del terribile genocidio, ho ancora impresse le immagini di quell'orrore e la storia raccontata nel film hotel Rwanda.
la foto e'impeccabile come al solito.
Tanti Auguri di una Buona e Felice Pasqua
Giorgio
jaywalker
(16105) 2008-03-27 17:11
Hi Attila, A nice high POV over looking this daily life scene, the main thing I can say is I echo vincz critique, it sums the photo well, also the light & framing are very good, TFS, kind regards Wilson.
Henryk_Bilor
(20803) 2008-04-01 9:13
Hi Attila
Good capture with a nice sense of scale, it looks a bit like a miniature of the village. Nice light and sad note...
Regards
alvaraalto
(42804) 2008-04-03 14:26
Hi Atilla,
This picture is a good illustration with your excellent info. It is good you mentioned the great tragedy that happened in this region and the failure of the free world in this case.
Groet Rob
maximage
(15537) 2008-04-06 6:44
Bonjour Attila,
Merci pour toutes ces images de cette Afrique si proche et si lointaine ŕ la fois. Tu es vraiment dans l'esprit de TE et tes images sont de vraies découvertes. Merci encore et bravo.
Trčs belle info également
Amitiés.
max
John_F_Kennedy
(43797) 2008-04-08 1:03
A really nice rural scenery in a beautiful light. Excellent and the colours are great. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim
Angshu
(56760) 2008-04-17 1:02
Hello Attila
From your high POV, this looks pretty much like any Indian village. The huts sit amidst banana trees & what looks like from this distance, bamboo (or sugarcane). Looks peaceful, but under the surface the undercurrents of the genocides, I'm sure still exists. It's a real shame, but that's how the world is today. The Western countries will renounce Burma, put sanctions because Burma has large oil reserves to be exploited. Rwanda has nothing to offer & therefore is of no interest, except of course selling arms for their civil war & mineral deposits.
Best Regards
Angshu
drweizy
(536) 2008-04-24 16:03
real rural life scene, good frame edges.
Life is simple or tough there, but may be happy.
thank you for sharing.
AiresSantos
(56155) 2008-05-10 18:43
Ciao Attila
Very nice view from Kibuye with excellent details. Very well captured this daily life scene, beautiful colours.
TFS and have a nice weekend
Aires
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Copyright: Attila Szili (atus)
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