The other day I read that the next iLight festival in Singapore is scheduled. Dates: 7-30 march 2014. Theme: iLight + HEART. It’s gonna be the third edition. I hope to be in town when it’s on, since it’s one of my favorite events in Singapore. The first time it was organized it was beautiful. […]
Deepavali 2013
Little India in Singapore is decorated since a couple of weeks for the upcoming Deepavali celebrations. Deepavali is the festival of lights to commemorate Lord Rama and his wife Sita. We walked through the neighborhood a couple of times to look at the decorations and take pictures. I would like to share them here with […]
Mid Autumn at Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Today is the third day of this year’s Mid Autumn Festival; celebration of the full moon. With family, friends, lanterns and moon cakes. So I bought me a lantern as well; a yellow submarine;-). Cute, right?! As I wrote in my post from yesterday, the two main happenings are the lantern displays, including the one2free dome, […]
Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance
Today it is Mid Autumn Festival. Time of the year to enjoy family, lanterns and mooncakes under a full moon. In Hong Kong the two main locations and events are the lantern show in Victoria Park and the Fire Dragon Dance in the streets of Tai Hang, a neighborhood not far from Victoria Park. Yesterday we […]
Elephants in Kerala
I ended my last post with this picture of an elephant on the road in Kerala. And I promised to tell you more about elephants in Kerala. Well, besides a big number of elephants in the wild, Kerala is India’s state with the largest population of domesticated elephants. The numbers mentioned range from 500 to 700. […]
Shigmo, a Hindu Festival. Part 2.
I showed you the first part of the Shigmo Parade in another post. Here follows the rest: Hi, I’m Hanuman and I’m the Mo…oh, you know already:-(. But at least I am the most impressive one of the parade;-) And I can stand on one leg…impressed???? Don’t get green with envy, cause I already am! Hahaha… […]
Shigmo, a Hindu Festival. Part 1.
In Goa they have their own take on Holi, named Shigmo. We so happened to be in Panjim when the Shigmo Parade was being held. Woohee! Cool! The days before, we saw the decorations in the streets: We were able to figure out roughly where it would be held and at what time, but not […]
Holi 2013
Last year we were in Mumbai during Holi. It is a festival I love and hate. I love the colors, the happiness, the concept. And it is one of the most photogenic events that I know. I hate the dangers and inconveniences of the color powder and colored water. With a sensitive skin like mine, I […]
Have a happy DRY Holi everyone!
It is Holi again!!! Last year I was in Mumbai and I loved the festivity and the colorfulness of this day. (You can read more about that here. And here.) I was looking forward to going out this year again, only then in Pune, and hopefully take some nice pictures. But alas, unfortunately we are traveling to Goa […]
Ganesh Chaturthi 2012, Pune, Immersion Day
Well, if you have followed my blog over the last two weeks, you have seen a lot from Ganesh Chaturthi. You may even feel you have become some sort of an expert. I end this documentary series with some festive and colorful pictures from the last day (Immersion Day) in the heart of Old Pune: It […]
