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Qatar Athletes competing during the 1 st Asian Beach Games in Bali,Indonesia. Photograph / SHAHJAHAN MOIDIN / QATAR OYLMPIC COMMITTEE
Vessantara Jataka scroll - Sopha Pangchat (1909-66), NE Thailand, Ubon Ratchatani province, 1959-60, paint on cotton. At heart of story is message that great merit can be acquired through acts of great generosity. The Buddha, reborn as Prince Vessantara (known as Phra Wet in Thai) willingly gives away not only his white elephant, which had the power to bring rain to people in need of water, but also his wife and children : detail
Why do the boys have fancy, pointy swords sitting around the house? I don't know, but I'm glad they're my friends...
Vanessa took this lovely photo at Carol's bday.
Dhaneta Jat woman.
The Jats who live in Kutch are particularly conscious of their identity as a group and their sense of unity comes from a perception of shared historical traditions and a belief in common ancestry.
Originally the Jats were herders who lived in an area called Half in Iran. Five hundred years ago these shepherds migrated from Half and came to Sindh and Kutch to search for new grazing lands. They crossed the Rann of Kutch and settled there taking up farming, they became known as Dhaneta Jats. Some have devted themselves to the study of the Koran and are known as the Fakirani Jats. All the Jats in Kutch are Muslims and have similar marriage and dowry customs.
The Dhanetas are the largest of the Jat Communities. They live throughtout north western Kutch. The Dhanetas live in the Banni, herd cattle. The men care for the animals and women remain in camp looking after their families.
India.
Agra district
Fatehpur Sikri.
The Tomb of Salim Chishti is famed as one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India, built during the years 1580 and 1581, along with the imperial complex at Fatehpur Sikri near Zenana Rauza and facing south towards Buland Darwaza, within the quadrangle of the Jama Masjid which measures 350 ft. by 440 ft. It enshrines the burial place of the Sufi saint, Salim Chisti (1478 – 1572), a descendant of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, and who lived in a cavern on the ridge at Sikri. The mausoleum, constructed by Akbar as a mark of his respect for the Sufi saint, who foretold the birth of Akbar's son, who was named Prince Salim after the Sufi Saint and later succeeded Akbar to the throne of the Mughal Empire, as Jahangir.
These huge pink lilies just started blooming in our yard. We have two 4 foot plants that came back up this year and they are covered in buds. Another fun story: our bluebirds are building another nest in the same box - round two!
Update on my PC: the high-end techies can't fix what they broke ... so I have to take my Windows 7 PC back to the OS, probably today. If you don't see me here tomorrow - it didn't go well. I was a programmer in my working days but didn't work on PC's so I can't fix this.
Winner, Faves, Faves 1-9, 7-11
On Dec 2nd with all of our stuff packed up in storage we got on a flight in Toronto and were headed off to backpack through Asia for the next 5 months ---with open eyes and that thirst for culture our first stop was Incredible India----
This photo was taken as we were flying to Dubai it was a 13 hour flight from Toronto before we got there and then had to transfer planes---its always amazing looking at the clouds and the views out the airplane window as you fly --
the sun was setting before we landed and this was the photo for the day summing up the start of the trip -----in just a matter of a couple more hours we will be in India and not see home for the next 152 days -----
on the road again
KA 51 C 8255 A/C SLEEPER COACH THIS BUS IS RESTING AT COIMBATORE OMNI BUS STAND ROUTE : COIMBATORE - BENGALURU
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Esta niña viajaba con nosotros en el ferry que va de Sydney a Manly Beach. Le hice unas cuantas fotos hasta que se dio cuenta...
and again, walking from Kıralan to Belemedik along the German-built railway (1907-14) service road beside the Çakıt River
This was the first time I made this salad and the recipe is a definite keeper. Served it for dinner tonight along with Chicken Satay and rice.
i tried to look extra asian :o haha
today i have to upload two 365 pics because i did miss yesterday. i don't want to miss a lot of days again like before or i will never be done with this project D:
so this is inspired by the korean series called "Boys Before Flowers" (or "Boys Over Flowers" i don't know which one is the right one). I love that series :D