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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lozang Gonpo and his wife Tsering Palmo flip through old photos in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 27, 2024. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally able to st

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lozang Gonpo waters plants at home in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 27, 2024. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally able to start a brand new life. At the

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lozang Gonpo (C) poses for photos with his family in front of his house in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 27, 2024. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally ab

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 27, 2024 shows a portrait of Lozang Gonpo, in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally able to start a brand

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lozang Gonpo is seen on his way home in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 27, 2024. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally able to start a brand new life. At th

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lozang Gonpo's daughter-in-law Yangjen serves tea to him at home in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 27, 2024. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally able to s

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PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-TRADITIONAL SHOES

(230409) -- PESHAWAR, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani shoemakers show traditional shoes in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 9, 2023. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)

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Slovenians celebrate St. Gregory's day, welcome spring

STORY: Slovenians celebrate St. Gregory's day, welcome spring DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Ljubljana CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebrations STORYLINE: Children sent off candle-lit wooden miniature boats downstream in Ljubljana, Slovenia a day before St. Gregory's day which falls on March 12. St. Gregory's day is celebrated as the start of spring in Slovenia and symbolizes the release of light. The ritual came from the times long ago, when shoemakers, blacksmiths, and other artisans stopped using candles and were able to work by daylight, with the beginning of the spring. To celebrate it, they used to clean their workshops and place all the shreds into small baskets. Then, they lit those baskets and put them into the rivers. St. Gregory's Day is also named for the day when birds begin to mate, heralding the arrival of spring. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ljubljana. (XHTV)

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Kobe completes complex for quake-affected manufacturers

KOBE, Japan - The city of Kobe in western Japan holds a ceremony May 17 to mark the completion of a factory complex for manufacturers hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the area and killed more than 6,400 people. The complex of four five-story buildings is to house local firms such as shoemakers who lost their own factories in the Jan. 17, 1995 quake.

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Kobe completes complex for quake-affected manufacturers

KOBE, Japan - The city of Kobe in western Japan holds a ceremony May 17 to mark the completion of a factory complex for manufacturers hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the area and killed more than 6,400 people. The complex of four five-story buildings is to house local firms such as shoemakers who lost their own factories in the Jan. 17, 1995 quake.