Where people write with Pictures !!


	Where people write with Pictures !!

syncopath

8-1-2008 2:41 PM

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dongba, pictographic, animism, tradition

syncopath says:

at the beginning there was an image .... ?!!

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10-2-2008 5:17 PM

chedare

Shame this clip seems to have been deleted,, could it have something to do with ethnicity of clipmarks editors imposing their values on international community???

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