Indigo Valley Girls, Vietnam
Story by Carol Devine http://www.dignitasinternational.org/articles.aspx?aid=303
Photographs by Sandy Nicholson http://www.sandynicholson.com/
They are sitting arms entwined on a fence, chewing on bamboo sticks, laughing. The girls are on the fringe of the town soccer match, uninterested in the game itself. In the bright late afternoon sun adults and children are in a huge field watching the teams in green and yellow polyester shirts run and slide in the mud.
I notice how carefree and confident the girls are. They buy ice creams next and sit back on the fence, amusing themselves. I say hello, recognizing them from the night before.
“What makes your clothes blue?” I ask.
They shrug their shoulders. I ask a man in a suit standing beside us if he speaks English.
“What makes their clothes blue?”
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