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Shichi-Go-San, Tokyo

fabian foo — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:52:05 +0000

An annual festival for three, five and seven year old children where they dress up in their finest and go to the shrine with their families.

Filed under: asia, japan, people Tagged: asia, children, culture, girl, japan, kimono, ritual, shichi-go-san, tokyo

Snippets of Venice

fabian foo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:48:48 +0000

Posted in architecture, europe, history, italy Tagged: basilica, bridge, canal, church, culture, europe, gondola, history, italy, palazzo, religion, renaissance, romance, san marc, st mark's, traghetto, venetia, venice

Offerings to the gods, Bali

fabian foo — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:52:30 +0000

Small offerings of food, fruit and flowers on woven palm leaf are made to the gods twice daily.

The Balinese are a very religous and superstitious people. Their religion is a unique blend of Indian Hinduism and local animism. Bali remained the last bastion of Hinduism on the Indonesian archipelago after the arrival of Islam from the 12th century AD.

Posted in indonesia, religion Tagged: bali, culture, indonesia, offering, religion

Prambanan, Indonesia

fabian foo — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:40:51 +0000

Prambanan is one of the largest Hindu temple complexes in South East Asia. Built over a thousand years ago, it is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is located near the Javanese city of Yogyakarta.

Unfortunately a 2006 earthquake caused major damage to the site rendering much of it unstable and off-limit to visitors.

Posted in architecture, hinduism, history, indonesia, religion Tagged: architecture, culture, hindu, history, indonesia, java, prambanan, religion, temple

Elegant dancer, Bali

fabian foo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:30:23 +0000

An oriental beauty performs in traditional dress at the Ubud Palace in Bali, Indonesia.

Posted in indonesia, people Tagged: bali, beauty, colour, culture, dance, indonesia, portrait, tradition, ubud, woman

Sanghyang Jaran

fabian foo — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:27:52 +0000

Bali’s Sanghyang Jaran – a man rides a hobbyhorse whilst stepping over a hot bonfire of coconut husks.

Posted in indonesia Tagged: bali, culture, dance, fire, indonesia, tradition, trance

Colourful saris

fabian foo — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:01:24 +0000

Colourful saris and bright smiles at the Gangaur Festival in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Posted in india, people Tagged: colourful, culture, festival, gangaur, india, rajasthan, sari, udaipur