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There are [4] photos and [7] stories tagged with "ceremony".
CANADA | Sun, 16 Oct 2022 | By compassrose | Views [165]
The wail of an Algonquin chief undulates on the October wind. He launches sorrowful prayer towards a darkening sky. Foam whipped up by waterfall crashes down, battling with the din made by beaver-skin drums. White gulls shriek in reply, as though birds ... Read more >
Tags: canada, ceremony, first nations, indigenous people, industrialisation, waterfall
USA | Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By travel-tips | Views [6533] | Comments [2]
"Look how tall you've gotten!" family members would squeal as I was growing up, patting me on the head.
"My gosh, isn't she just the cutest?" a family friend would exclaim at a cookout reaching for my face to pinch my cheeks.
There's a certain ... Read more >
Tags: ceremony, hawaiian, solo travel, traditions, travel, usa
TAIWAN | Sat, 12 Jan 2013 | By ongoing | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Photography is my life, our planet is my home and nature is my passion. My camera is my constant companion and I always looking for the next moment of life to capture. I have a sincere desire to share what I see through my heart and lens with the world....
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Tags: boat, ceremony, fire, taiwan, taoism, tradition, travel
CHINA | Mon, 27 Sep 2010 | By swallowtail | Photo Gallery
Nuo, an odd word, even people with certain educational level do not know it. It is now well into the ranges of uncommon words and uncertain when, it will completely disappear from modern young people's glossary.
Combined with certain kind of mischief ...
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Tags: ceremony, china, chinese lunar new year, nuo opera
CHINA | Mon, 27 Sep 2010 | By swallowtail | Views [494]
Nuo, an odd word, even people with certain educational level do
not know it. It is now well into the ranges of uncommon words and uncertain
when, it will completely disappear from modern young people's glossary.
Combined with certain kind ... Read more >
Tags: an hui, ceremony, china, chinese lunar new year, nuo opear
INDIA | Thu, 20 Dec 2007 | By lillylilla | Views [1445]
I slept for hours in this house I soon felt like home in India. There are so many things I remember from these first days in Delhi… Thought they might seem insignificant for anybody else, they will remain in my memory as this first morning when I ... Read more >
Tags: bride, ceremony, dehli, groom, india, marriage, party
INDONESIA | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By justine | Views [11626] | Comments [2]
In Bali yesterday, November 10 th , [the posting was a little delayed] was the day to honor Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge, Learning, and Creativity. She’s this lovely slim woman, floating above a lotus flower (symbolizing the openness required ... Read more >
Tags: bali, ceremony, rituals, saraswati, ubud