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Thaipusam actually celebrates the birthday of the Hindu deity Subramaniam. On this occasion, Hindus show the sincerity of their faith. It is a time for making and fulfilling vows. Devotees pray for divine help and make vows. When their prayers are answered, they fulfil their vows.
To do this, a devotee would pierce his cheeks, tongue, face or other suitable body parts with sharp objects. Next his friends or relatives load a *kavadi on his shoulder. Finally, in a trance-like manner, he goes on a 4km journey of faith.
Others, including young children, might join the procession carrying only milk pots. The Thaipusam Singapore procession starts at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road and ends at the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple on Tank Road.
At first look, one might think that the festival starts at one temple and ends at another. Not so. Many of the devotees start fasting a month before the Thaipusam Singapore festivities. Others fast a week. Yet others three days.
A Hindu friend said this to me, "If you are going to put a 12-inch skewer through your cheeks and a hundred spikes in your chest, you'd better take your fast seriously!"
* A kavadi is a cage-like structure carried by devotees during the Thaipusam Festival.
It is traditionally decorated with peacock feathers and aluminium plates which show images of Hindu deities. Sharp spikes criss-cross its lower section.
An elaborate kavadi might weigh up to 15kg! It is quite something just to lift it. But these chaps I saw actually walked with them for 4km - kavadis, skewers, hooks, spikes and all!
Some of them even skipped and danced with their kavadis. Either they have great endurance or they have some supernatural help.
Actually there's no sparkling here ... ;)
Necklace: Bijiou Brigitte
Tights: Tezenis
Shirt: Sisley
Skirt: Nine lives
Velvet blazer: Mango
Belt: Bata
Scarf: gifted
Coat: Scelte d'autore
Suede boots: Docksteps
Actually I was taking a picture of Jim, but when I looked at it later I realized that was Brian from Guster in the foreground.
Actually, this particular rose is pink in real life; but I played with the tinting to give it a deeper brown tone :) I think Flickr has created a monster because this rose bush was in the landscaping at a house my sister Becky and her husband Tip recently purchased; and while my family was checking out the inside of the house, I was on "flickr" patrol running around outside looking for ANYTHING to photograph! hee-hee!
Actually, I probably wouldn't have bothered if it wasn't for Sean visiting... he rather likes his footy.
Actually there were 4 bad ones in a row, but a couple were so bad that I deleted them.
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(actually, I really love this dress. It has amazing details around the neck. Wish this photo showed it better.)
via Instagram ift.tt/2CDKEZR Yeah, it actually is this good. 😻 won’t work as a weekender as I hoped, but it’s a perfect laptop bag. . . . . . #iridescent #rainbow #flash #flashjacket #bag #laptopbag #weekender #everydaycarry #oilslick #cyberpunk
He never actually came home^^ Once I had got his head I immediately went to the post office to send him out for a faceup. I'm so happy to have him <33 Thank you so much Yuurin and Runa~~!
History
Château is not technically accurate: the château is actually a big neo-medieval style fr:manoir characteristic of the great summer houses of the late 19th century on the côte de granit rose (pink granite coast).
The building, a voluminous complex resulting from several extensions, is made of pink granite from the quarries of La Clarté, Perros-Guirec district. The roof is slate.
Its interior was designed with reclaimed wood from a three-masted sailing ship beached in the winter of 1896, the Maurice.
The manor was built on an islet bought at the end of the summer of 1892 by Bruno Abakanowicz (also called Bruno Abdank, who a little later - around 1896 - built the Bellevue hotel in Ploumanac'h), engineer and mathematician of Polish origin, from the customs officer René Le Brozec, a Perrosian who cultivated potatoes there and dried lichen and fish. The going rate at the time was 0.25 F per square metre. It was completed around 1896 by the engineer Lanmoniez and the Lannionnais entrepreneur Pierre Le Tensorer.[1]
After 1900, the date of Bruno's death, his daughter, Sofia Abakanowicz, who had become Madame Poray, had the manor extended by a wing to the west in return on the rear facade.
During the Second World War, the manor was requisitioned by the German army, and suffered some interior damage.
Following roofing work, on 6 September 1990 a fire partially destroyed the interior of the building.
Images of this château on its islet are often used to illustrate postcards and tourist guides of the fr:Côte de granit rose, Côtes-d'Armor and Brittany.
The giant man in the caveman suit is being positioned by the guy in the track pants. I'm not sure who the violin belongs to, but the track pants guy seemed really intent on the cave lady taking his picture.
There actually are 14 shipwrecks in the Kingston Inner Harbour. All but one are wooden ships. And the only visible shipwreck is the unknown metal steamer thought to have been propeller-driven seen on shore near the Woolen Mill in its advanced state of decay.
In mid-March 2021, water level in the harbour was exceptionally low revealing larger portions of the metal steamer’s hull structure and providing a great opportunity to produce a photo essay of this particular wreck.
Here, black and white images are used to minimize distractions and add mood and feel of timelessness to this vestige of a long-gone maritime transportation era.