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I suggest these men are holding wooden or bone clappers, though a more fanciful interpretation would be that they are holding salad tongs. "At last, the buffet can begin," read the hieroglyphs that are not above this scene.
From the tomb of Sarenput I, Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan, Egypt.
Ipê Amarelo, Tabebuia [chrysotricha or ochracea].
Ipê-amarelo em Brasília, Brasil.
This tree is in Brasília, Capital of Brazil.
Text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Trumpet tree" redirects here. This term is occasionally used for the Shield-leaved Pumpwood (Cecropia peltata).
Tabebuia
Flowering Araguaney or ipê-amarelo (Tabebuia chrysantha) in central Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Tecomeae
Genus: Tabebuia
Gomez
Species
Nearly 100.
Tabebuia is a neotropical genus of about 100 species in the tribe Tecomeae of the family Bignoniaceae. The species range from northern Mexico and the Antilles south to northern Argentina and central Venezuela, including the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Cuba. Well-known common names include Ipê, Poui, trumpet trees and pau d'arco.
They are large shrubs and trees growing to 5 to 50 m (16 to 160 ft.) tall depending on the species; many species are dry-season deciduous but some are evergreen. The leaves are opposite pairs, complex or palmately compound with 3–7 leaflets.
Tabebuia is a notable flowering tree. The flowers are 3 to 11 cm (1 to 4 in.) wide and are produced in dense clusters. They present a cupular calyx campanulate to tubular, truncate, bilabiate or 5-lobed. Corolla colors vary between species ranging from white, light pink, yellow, lavender, magenta, or red. The outside texture of the flower tube is either glabrous or pubescentThe fruit is a dehiscent pod, 10 to 50 cm (4 to 20 in.) long, containing numerous—in some species winged—seeds. These pods often remain on the tree through dry season until the beginning of the rainy.
Species in this genus are important as timber trees. The wood is used for furniture, decking, and other outdoor uses. It is increasingly popular as a decking material due to its insect resistance and durability. By 2007, FSC-certified ipê wood had become readily available on the market, although certificates are occasionally forged.
Tabebuia is widely used as ornamental tree in the tropics in landscaping gardens, public squares, and boulevards due to its impressive and colorful flowering. Many flowers appear on still leafless stems at the end of the dry season, making the floral display more conspicuous. They are useful as honey plants for bees, and are popular with certain hummingbirds. Naturalist Madhaviah Krishnan on the other hand once famously took offense at ipé grown in India, where it is not native.
Lapacho teaThe bark of several species has medical properties. The bark is dried, shredded, and then boiled making a bitter or sour-tasting brownish-colored tea. Tea from the inner bark of Pink Ipê (T. impetiginosa) is known as Lapacho or Taheebo. Its main active principles are lapachol, quercetin, and other flavonoids. It is also available in pill form. The herbal remedy is typically used during flu and cold season and for easing smoker's cough. It apparently works as expectorant, by promoting the lungs to cough up and free deeply embedded mucus and contaminants. However, lapachol is rather toxic and therefore a more topical use e.g. as antibiotic or pesticide may be advisable. Other species with significant folk medical use are T. alba and Yellow Lapacho (T. serratifolia)
Tabebuia heteropoda, T. incana, and other species are occasionally used as an additive to the entheogenic drink Ayahuasca.
Mycosphaerella tabebuiae, a plant pathogenic sac fungus, was first discovered on an ipê tree.
Tabebuia alba
Tabebuia anafensis
Tabebuia arimaoensis
Tabebuia aurea – Caribbean Trumpet Tree
Tabebuia bilbergii
Tabebuia bibracteolata
Tabebuia cassinoides
Tabebuia chrysantha – Araguaney, Yellow Ipê, tajibo (Bolivia), ipê-amarelo (Brazil), cañaguate (N Colombia)
Tabebuia chrysotricha – Golden Trumpet Tree
Tabebuia donnell-smithii Rose – Gold Tree, "Prima Vera", Cortez blanco (El Salvador), San Juan (Honduras), palo blanco (Guatemala),duranga (Mexico)
A native of Mexico and Central Americas, considered one of the most colorful of all Central American trees. The leaves are deciduous. Masses of golden-yellow flowers cover the crown after the leaves are shed.
Tabebuia dubia
Tabebuia ecuadorensis
Tabebuia elongata
Tabebuia furfuracea
Tabebuia geminiflora Rizz. & Mattos
Tabebuia guayacan (Seem.) Hemsl.
Tabebuia haemantha
Tabebuia heptaphylla (Vell.) Toledo – tajy
Tabebuia heterophylla – roble prieto
Tabebuia heteropoda
Tabebuia hypoleuca
Tabebuia impetiginosa – Pink Ipê, Pink Lapacho, ipê-cavatã, ipê-comum, ipê-reto, ipê-rosa, ipê-roxo-damata, pau d'arco-roxo, peúva, piúva (Brazil), lapacho negro (Spanish); not "brazilwood"
Tabebuia incana
Tabebuia jackiana
Tabebuia lapacho – lapacho amarillo
Tabebuia orinocensis A.H. Gentry[verification needed]
Tabebuia ochracea
Tabebuia oligolepis
Tabebuia pallida – Cuban Pink Trumpet Tree
Tabebuia platyantha
Tabebuia polymorpha
Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC.[verification needed] (= T. pentaphylla (L.) Hemsley) – Pink Poui, Pink Tecoma, apama, apamate, matilisguate
A popular street tree in tropical cities because of its multi-annular masses of light pink to purple flowers and modest size. The roots are not especially destructive for roads and sidewalks. It is the national tree of El Salvador and the state tree of Cojedes, Venezuela
Tabebuia roseo-alba – White Ipê, ipê-branco (Brazil), lapacho blanco
Tabebuia serratifolia – Yellow Lapacho, Yellow Poui, ipê-roxo (Brazil)
Tabebuia shaferi
Tabebuia striata
Tabebuia subtilis Sprague & Sandwith
Tabebuia umbellata
Tabebuia vellosoi Toledo
Ipê-do-cerrado
Texto, em português, da Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre.
Ipê-do-cerrado
Classificação científica
Reino: Plantae
Divisão: Magnoliophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Subclasse: Asteridae
Ordem: Lamiales
Família: Bignoniaceae
Género: Tabebuia
Espécie: T. ochracea
Nome binomial
Tabebuia ochracea
(Cham.) Standl. 1832
Sinónimos
Bignonia tomentosa Pav. ex DC.
Handroanthus ochraceus (Cham.) Mattos
Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) G. Nicholson
Tabebuia hypodictyon A. DC.) Standl.
Tabebuia neochrysantha A.H. Gentry
Tabebuia ochracea subsp. heteropoda (A. DC.) A.H. Gentry
Tabebuia ochracea subsp. neochrysantha (A.H. Gentry) A.H. Gentry
Tecoma campinae Kraenzl.
ecoma grandiceps Kraenzl.
Tecoma hassleri Sprague
Tecoma hemmendorffiana Kraenzl.
Tecoma heteropoda A. DC.
Tecoma hypodictyon A. DC.
Tecoma ochracea Cham.
Ipê-do-cerrado é um dos nomes populares da Tabebuia ochracea (Cham.) Standl. 1832, nativa do cerrado brasileiro, no estados de Amazonas, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Paraná.
Está na lista de espécies ameaçadas do estado de São Paulo, onde é encontrda também no domínio da Mata Atlântica[1].
Ocorre também na Argentina, Paraguai, Bolívia, Equador, Peru, Venezuela, Guiana, El Salvador, Guatemala e Panamá[2].
Há uma espécie homônima descrita por A.H. Gentry em 1992.
Outros nomes populares: ipê-amarelo, ipê-cascudo, ipê-do-campo, ipê-pardo, pau-d'arco-do-campo, piúva, tarumã.
Características
Altura de 6 a 14 m. Tronco tortuso com até 50 cm de diâmetro. Folhas pilosas em ambas as faces, mais na inferior, que é mais clara.
Planta decídua, heliófita, xerófita, nativa do cerrado em solos bem drenados.
Floresce de julho a setembro. Os frutos amadurecem de setembro a outubro.
FloresProduz grande quantidade de sementes leves, aladas com pequenas reservas, e que perdem a viabilidade em menos de 90 dias após coleta. A sua conservação vem sendo estudada em termos de determinação da condição ideal de armazenamento, e tem demonstrado a importância de se conhecer o comportamento da espécie quando armazenada com diferentes teores de umidade inicial, e a umidade de equilíbrio crítica para a espécie (KANO; MÁRQUEZ & KAGEYAMA, 1978). As levíssimas sementes aladas da espécie não necessitam de quebra de dormência. Podem apenas ser expostas ao sol por cerca de 6 horas e semeadas diretamente nos saquinhos. A germinação ocorre após 30 dias e de 80%. As sementes são ortodoxas e há aproximadamente 72 000 sementes em cada quilo.
O desenvolvimento da planta é rápido.
Como outros ipês, a madeira é usada em tacos, assoalhos, e em dormentes e postes. Presta-se também para peças torneadas e instrumento musicais.
Tabebuia alba (Ipê-Amarelo)
Texto, em português, produzido pela Acadêmica Giovana Beatriz Theodoro Marto
Supervisão e orientação do Prof. Luiz Ernesto George Barrichelo e do Eng. Paulo Henrique Müller
Atualizado em 10/07/2006
O ipê amarelo é a árvore brasileira mais conhecida, a mais cultivada e, sem dúvida nenhuma, a mais bela. É na verdade um complexo de nove ou dez espécies com características mais ou menos semelhantes, com flores brancas, amarelas ou roxas. Não há região do país onde não exista pelo menos uma espécie dele, porém a existência do ipê em habitat natural nos dias atuais é rara entre a maioria das espécies (LORENZI,2000).
A espécie Tabebuia alba, nativa do Brasil, é uma das espécies do gênero Tabebuia que possui “Ipê Amarelo” como nome popular. O nome alba provém de albus (branco em latim) e é devido ao tomento branco dos ramos e folhas novas.
As árvores desta espécie proporcionam um belo espetáculo com sua bela floração na arborização de ruas em algumas cidades brasileiras. São lindas árvores que embelezam e promovem um colorido no final do inverno. Existe uma crença popular de que quando o ipê-amarelo floresce não vão ocorrer mais geadas. Infelizmente, a espécie é considerada vulnerável quanto à ameaça de extinção.
A Tabebuia alba, natural do semi-árido alagoano está adaptada a todas as regiões fisiográficas, levando o governo, por meio do Decreto nº 6239, a transformar a espécie como a árvore símbolo do estado, estando, pois sob a sua tutela, não mais podendo ser suprimida de seus habitats naturais.
Taxonomia
Família: Bignoniaceae
Espécie: Tabebuia Alba (Chamiso) Sandwith
Sinonímia botânica: Handroanthus albus (Chamiso) Mattos; Tecoma alba Chamisso
Outros nomes vulgares: ipê-amarelo, ipê, aipê, ipê-branco, ipê-mamono, ipê-mandioca, ipê-ouro, ipê-pardo, ipê-vacariano, ipê-tabaco, ipê-do-cerrado, ipê-dourado, ipê-da-serra, ipezeiro, pau-d’arco-amarelo, taipoca.
Aspectos Ecológicos
O ipê-amarelo é uma espécie heliófita (Planta adaptada ao crescimento em ambiente aberto ou exposto à luz direta) e decídua (que perde as folhas em determinada época do ano). Pertence ao grupo das espécies secundárias iniciais (DURIGAN & NOGUEIRA, 1990).
Abrange a Floresta Pluvial da Mata Atlântica e da Floresta Latifoliada Semidecídua, ocorrendo principalmente no interior da Floresta Primária Densa. É característica de sub-bosques dos pinhais, onde há regeneração regular.
Informações Botânicas
Morfologia
As árvores de Tabebuia alba possuem cerca de 30 metros de altura. O tronco é reto ou levemente tortuoso, com fuste de 5 a 8 m de altura. A casca externa é grisáceo-grossa, possuindo fissuras longitudinais esparas e profundas. A coloração desta é cinza-rosa intenso, com camadas fibrosas, muito resistentes e finas, porém bem distintas.
Com ramos grossos, tortuosos e compridos, o ipê-amarelo possui copa alongada e alargada na base. As raízes de sustentação e absorção são vigorosas e profundas.
As folhas, deciduais, são opostas, digitadas e compostas. A face superior destas folhas é verde-escura, e, a face inferior, acinzentada, sendo ambas as faces tomentosas. Os pecíolos das folhas medem de 2,5 a 10 cm de comprimento. Os folíolos, geralmente, apresentam-se em número de 5 a 7, possuindo de 7 a 18 cm de comprimento por 2 a 6 cm de largura. Quando jovem estes folíolos são densamente pilosos em ambas as faces. O ápice destes é pontiagudo, com base arredondada e margem serreada.
As flores, grandes e lanceoladas, são de coloração amarelo-ouro. Possuem em média 8X15 cm.
Quanto aos frutos, estes possuem forma de cápsula bivalvar e são secos e deiscentes. Do tipo síliqua, lembram uma vagem. Medem de 15 a 30 cm de comprimento por 1,5 a 2,5 cm de largura. As valvas são finamente tomentosas com pêlos ramificados. Possuem grande quantidade de sementes.
As sementes são membranáceas brilhantes e esbranquiçadas, de coloração marrom. Possuem de 2 a 3 cm de comprimento por 7 a 9 mm de largura e são aladas.
Reprodução
A espécie é caducifólia e a queda das folhas coincide com o período de floração. A floração inicia-se no final de agosto, podendo ocorrer alguma variação devido a fenômenos climáticos. Como a espécie floresce no final do inverno é influenciada pela intensidade do mesmo. Quanto mais frio e seco for o inverno, maior será a intensidade da florada do ipê amarelo.
As flores por sua exuberância, atraem abelhas e pássaros, principalmente beija-flores que são importantes agentes polinizadores. Segundo CARVALHO (2003), a espécie possui como vetor de polinização a abelha mamangava (Bombus morio).
As sementes são dispersas pelo vento.
A planta é hermafrodita, e frutifica nos meses de setembro, outubro, novembro, dezembro, janeiro e fevereiro, dependendo da sua localização. Em cultivo, a espécie inicia o processo reprodutivo após o terceiro ano.
Ocorrência Natural
Ocorre naturalmente na Floresta Estaciobal Semidecicual, Floresta de Araucária e no Cerrado.
Segundo o IBGE, a Tabebuia alba (Cham.) Sandw. é uma árvore do Cerrado, Cerradão e Mata Seca. Apresentando-se nos campos secos (savana gramíneo-lenhosa), próximo às escarpas.
Clima
Segundo a classificação de Köppen, o ipê-amarelo abrange locais de clima tropical (Aw), subtropical úmido (Cfa), sutropical de altitude (Cwa e Cwb) e temperado.
A T.alba pode tolerar até 81 geadas em um ano. Ocorre em locais onde a temperatura média anual varia de 14,4ºC como mínimo e 22,4ºC como máximo.
Solo
A espécie prefere solos úmidos, com drenagem lenta e geralmente não muito ondulados (LONGHI, 1995).
Aparece em terras de boa à média fertilidade, em solos profundos ou rasos, nas matas e raramente cerradões (NOGUEIRA, 1977).
Pragas e Doenças
De acordo com CARVALHO (2003), possui como praga a espécie de coleópteros Cydianerus bohemani da família Curculionoideae e um outro coleóptero da família Chrysomellidae. Apesar da constatação de elevados índices populacionais do primeiro, os danos ocasionados até o momento são leves. Nas praças e ruas de Curitiba - PR, 31% das árvores foram atacadas pela Cochonilha Ceroplastes grandis.
ZIDKO (2002), ao estudar no município de Piracicaba a associação de coleópteros em espécies arbóreas, verificou a presença de insetos adultos da espécie Sitophilus linearis da família de coleópteros, Curculionidae, em estruturas reprodutivas. Os insetos adultos da espécie emergiram das vagens do ipê, danificando as sementes desta espécie nativa.
ANDRADE (1928) assinalou diversas espécies de Cerambycidae atacando essências florestais vivas, como ingazeiro, cinamomo, cangerana, cedro, caixeta, jacarandá, araribá, jatobá, entre outras como o ipê amarelo.
A Madeira
A Tabebuia alba produz madeira de grande durabilidade e resistência ao apodrecimento (LONGHI,1995).
MANIERI (1970) caracteriza o cerne desta espécie como de cor pardo-havana-claro, pardo-havan-escuro, ou pardo-acastanhado, com reflexos esverdeados. A superfície da madeira é irregularmente lustrosa, lisa ao tato, possuindo textura media e grã-direita.
Com densidade entre 0,90 e 1,15 grama por centímetro cúbico, a madeira é muito dura (LORENZI, 1992), apresentando grande dificuldade ao serrar.
A madeira possui cheiro e gosto distintos. Segundo LORENZI (1992), o cheiro característico é devido à presença da substância lapachol, ou ipeína.
Usos da Madeira
Sendo pesada, com cerne escuro, adquire grande valor comercial na marcenaria e carpintaria. Também é utilizada para fabricação de dormentes, moirões, pontes, postes, eixos de roda, varais de carroça, moendas de cana, etc.
Produtos Não-Madeireiros
A entrecasca do ipê-amarelo possui propriedades terapêuticas como adstringente, usada no tratamento de garganta e estomatites. É também usada como diurético.
O ipê-amarelo possui flores melíferas e que maduras podem ser utilizadas na alimentação humana.
Outros Usos
É comumente utilizada em paisagismo de parques e jardins pela beleza e porte. Além disso, é muito utilizada na arborização urbana.
Segundo MOREIRA & SOUZA (1987), o ipê-amarelo costuma povoar as beiras dos rios sendo, portanto, indicado para recomposição de matas ciliares. MARTINS (1986), também cita a espécie para recomposição de matas ciliares da Floresta Estacional Semidecidual, abrangendo alguns municípios das regiões Norte, Noroeste e parte do Oeste do Estado do Paraná.
Aspectos Silviculturais
Possui a tendência a crescer reto e sem bifurcações quando plantado em reflorestamento misto, pois é espécie monopodial. A desrrama se faz muito bem e a cicatrização é boa. Sendo assim, dificilmente encopa quando nova, a não ser que seja plantado em parques e jardins.
Ao ser utilizada em arborização urbana, o ipê amarelo requer podas de condução com freqüência mediana.
Espécie heliófila apresenta a pleno sol ramificação cimosa, registrando-se assim dicotomia para gema apical. Deve ser preconizada, para seu melhor aproveitamento madeireiro, podas de formação usuais (INQUE et al., 1983).
Produção de Mudas
A propagação deve realizada através de enxertia.
Os frutos devem ser coletados antes da dispersão, para evitar a perda de sementes. Após a coleta as sementes são postas em ambiente ventilado e a extração é feita manualmente. As sementes do ipê amarelo são ortodoxas, mantendo a viabilidade natural por até 3 meses em sala e por até 9 meses em vidro fechado, em câmara fria.
A condução das mudas deve ser feita a pleno sol. A muda atinge cerca de 30 cm em 9 meses, apresentando tolerância ao sol 3 semanas após a germinação.
Sementes
Os ipês, espécies do gênero Tabebuia, produzem uma grande quantidade de sementes leves, aladas com pequenas reservas, e que perdem a viabilidade em poucos dias após a sua coleta. A sua conservação vem sendo estudada em termos de determinação da condição ideal de armazenamento, e tem demonstrado a importância de se conhecer o comportamento da espécie quando armazenada com diferentes teores de umidade inicial, e a umidade de equilíbrio crítica para a espécie (KANO; MÁRQUEZ & KAGEYAMA, 1978).
As levíssimas sementes aladas da espécie não necessitam de quebra de dormência. Podem apenas ser expostas ao sol por cerca de 6 horas e semeadas diretamente nos saquinhos. A quebra natural leva cerca de 3 meses e a quebra na câmara leva 9 meses. A germinação ocorre após 30 dias e de 80%.
As sementes são ortodoxas e há aproximadamente 87000 sementes em cada quilo.
Preço da Madeira no Mercado
O preço médio do metro cúbico de pranchas de ipê no Estado do Pará cotado em Julho e Agosto de 2005 foi de R$1.200,00 o preço mínimo, R$ 1509,35 o médio e R$ 2.000,00 o preço máximo (CEPEA,2005).
Los Angeles Gallery Show! Dr. Elliot McGucken's Fine Art Photography! Dr. E's Legendary Malibu & Socal HDR Photography!
Some photos of my fine art photography hanging in the gallery for all my flickr fans! Thanks for the 120,000,000+ views y'all!
Setting up in a gallery was fun! It did not seem like work. :) I even got to drive to Home Depot & buy lumber (pine), hammers, nails, and a saw! I added a few dozen feet of new wooden strips to hang all the Hero's Journey Mythology photography--white strips and grey strips--cut them, nailed them up, and painted them so that we could fit all my fine art photography in the gallery! I told them I have even more on flickr if they want more photos--haha. :)
Some photographs are 13"x19" metallic prints on Kodak metallic paper mounted on 18"x24" matts in wood frames with 2.5" black, wood-grain borders, set behind anti-reflective, UV protective, museum glass! Awesome--everyone asks "why didn't you put these behind glass" because the anti-reflective museum glass is so clear! Other fine art photographs are 24" x 36" printed on canvas wraps, or 24" x 36" printed on canvas and front-mounted to plexiglass / acryllic (I love these! Great for HDR)! And the finest ones are 40" x 60" laser-printed on Fuji-crystal archival paper, front mounted to UV-protective acryllic / plexiglass, with a solid aluminum backing for durablity! Heavy, but nice! :) Also have a couple huge 40"x70" (the motorcycle in Venice and Corvette on the PCH) printed straight on a sheet of metal! Some were printed on Canon, some on Epson, and others on a laser printer so expensive it doesn't even have a name. :) I saw it in downtown LA--it was HUGE!
This is my first gallery show, and the funny thing is that while setting it up and adding all the carpentry/new wood strips, I shot more photography than usual, getting up every day at 5 AM to shoot the sunrise at around 6:30-6:45 AM. The Journey Never Ends! As Malibu faces South, the sun rises over the water this time of year, and sets over it too! So it keeps me busy as I hate missing the awesomely magical December cirrus cloud sunrises & sunsets, some of which you see hanging in the gallery, with many, many more to come!
Well, all the best on your epic hero's journey! The gallery is just below Bel Air Camera in Westwood, and if you ever want to meet up, drop me a line! :)
Happy Holidays & Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey!
P.S. (Some folks have asked me when I am going to have a goddess gallery show--soon! :)
Bhaktapur (Nepali: भक्तपुर), literally translates to Place of devotees. Also known as Bhadgaon or Khwopa (Newar: ख्वप Khwopa), it is an ancient Newar city in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, about 13 km from the capital city, Kathmandu. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone.
Bhaktapur was the largest of the three Newar kingdoms of the Kathmandu Valley, and was the capital of Nepal during the great 'Malla Kingdom' until the second half of the 15th century. Today it is the third largest city in the Kathmandu Valley, with a population of more than 80,000, of which the vast majority are still Newars. Historically more isolated than the other two kingdoms, Kathmandu and Patan, Bhaktapur has a distinctly different form of Nepal Bhasa language.
Bhaktapur has the best preserved palace courtyards and old city center in Nepal, and is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its rich culture, temples, and wood, metal and stone artworks. This is supported by the restoration and preservation efforts of German-funded Bhaktapur Development Project (BDP).
The city is famous for special type of curd called "Ju Ju(king) dhau(curd). It is experienced by the curd makers that the taste of curd prepared in this location cannot be found elsewhere all over Nepal.
ETYMOLOGY
KHWOPA is the ancient name of Bhaktapur. The term "Bhaktapur" (Sanskrit/Nepali: भक्तपुर) refers to "The City Of Devotees". This Bhaktapur City is also known as "Khwopa" (Nepal Bhasa: ख्वप) or "Bhadgaon" (Nepali:भादगाँउ) or "Ancient Newari Town" throughout the Kathmandu Valley. "Kh0apa" actually refers to the masks which are believed to have been worn by gods and goddesses. Bhaktapur is popular for different forms of mask dances based on lives of different deities and therefore, it was named "Khwapa" which later came to become just "Khwopa," which is also near to meaning masks.
HISTORY
It is the home of traditional art and architecture, historical monuments and craft works, magnificent windows, pottery and weaving industries, excellent temples, beautiful ponds, rich local customs, culture, religion, festivals, musical mystic and so on. Bhaktapur is still an untouched as well as preserved ancient city that is itself a world to explore for tourists.
From time immemorial it lay on the trade route between Tibet and India. This position on the main caravan route made the town rich and prosperous.
DEMOGRAPHICS
At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 72,543. The male inhabitants of this city wear a special type of cap called the Bhadgaunle Topi Nyatapola.
LANDMARKS
LAYAKU (DURBAR SQUARE)
Bhaktapur Durbar Square is a conglomeration of pagoda and shikhara-style temples, mostly dedicated to Hindu gods and goddesses grouped around a 55-window palace of brick and wood. The square is one of the most charming architectural showpieces of the valley as it highlights the ancient arts of Nepal. The golden effigies of the kings perched on the top of stone monoliths, the guardian deities looking out from their sanctuaries, the wood carvings in every place — struts, lintels, uprights, tympanums, gateways and windows — all seem to form a well-orchestrated symphony.
The royal palace was originally situated at Dattaraya square and was only later moved to the Durbar square location. The square in Bhaktapur was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1934 and hence appears more spacious than the ones at Kathmandu and Patan.
NYATAPOLA TEMPLE
Nyatapola Temple is a 5-story pagoda located in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The temple was erected by Nepali King Bhupatindra Malla during a 5-month period from late 1701 into 1702. It is the temple of Siddha Laxmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity.
BHAIRAB NATH TEMPLE
This is another pagoda temple of lord Bhairab, the dreadful aspect of Lord Shiva. It stands a short distance away from the temple of Nyatapola and was originally constructed by King Jagat Jyoti Malla on a modest scale. It was later remodelled by King Bhupatindra Malla, a zealous lover of the arts, into what it is now a three-storeyed temple.
DATTATRAYA TEMPLE
The temple of Dattatraya is as old as the Palace of Fifty-five Windows. Consecrated by King Yakshya Malla in 1427 AD, this temple, according to popular belief, was built out of the trunk of a single tree. It was subsequently repaired and renovated by King Vishwa Malla in 1458 AD.
Just beside temple is a monastery (Math) with exquisitely carved peacock windows. These famous windows were carved during the reign of King Vishwa Malla. The monastery is full of artistic facades of latticed windows and engraved columns.
CHANGU NARAYAN TEMPLE
Changu Narayan is an ancient Hindu temple located near the village of Changunarayan in the Kathmandu Valley on top of a hill at the eastern end of the valley. It is 6 kilometres to the north of Bhakathapur and 22 kilometres from Kathmandu. The temple is one of the oldest Hindu temples of the valley, and is believed to have been constructed first in the 4th century. Changu Narayan is the name of Vishnu, and the temple is dedicated to him. A stone slab discovered in the vicinity of the temple dates to the 5th century, and is the oldest such stone inscription discovered in Nepal. It was rebuilt after the old temple was devastated. Many stone sculptures here date to the Licchavi period. Changu Narayan Temple is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The temple is a double-roofed structure where the idol of Lord Vishnu in his incarnation as Narayana is deified. The exquisitely built temple has intricate roof struts showing multi-armed Tantric deities. A kneeling image of Garuda (dated to the 5th century), the vahana or vehicle of Vishnu with a snake around its neck, faces the temple. The gilded door depicts stone lions guarding the temple. Gilded windows also flank the door. A conch and a disc, symbols of Vishnu, are carved on the two pillars at the entrance. Non-Hindus are not allowed inside the temple.
TA PUKHA (SIDDHA POKHARI)
Ta Pukhu (Siddha Pokhari) is a big rectangular water pond near the main city gate. It was built during the reign of King Yakshya Malla in the early 15th century and is associated with a number of myths. From this spot a wide range of snowy peaks are visible on clear days.
KAILASHNATH MAHADEV STATUE
Kailashnath Mahadev is the World's Tallest Lord Shiva statue. The height of this statue is 143 feet high and is situated 20 km from Kathmandu, epal. The statues construction work was started in 2004 and was completed in 2012. The statue's inauguration took place on the 21st of June '12. This statue stands on the 32nd position in the list of all statues by height in the whole world. It has been made of copper, cement, zinc, and steel. To make this gigantic structure possible there were many professional workers and statue makers from India.
FESTIVAL
Bhaktapur is also known as city of festivals and celebrations. The city celebrates festivals each month starting from new year festival to the Holi puni at the end of the year.
- Bisket Jatra (New year festival)
This ancient annual festival of bhaktapur takes place at the New Year of the Bikram Sambat calendar. A few days before the New Year, usually at Chaitra 27 or Chaitra 28, if 31 days in month, the goddess 'bhadrakali' and the god 'bhairab' are enshrined in their raths, or immense chariots & pulled through the narrow streets of Bhaktapur by crowds of young men.
The chariots rest at certain time-honored places in the city and people come out to throw offerings of flower, rice, coins and red sindur powder. On the last day of the old year a towering wooden pole known as ' lyesing dha: or lingo' is erected at the edge of town. Long banners hang from the pole, symbolizing snakes - Nag and nagini. On new year's day, the erected pole is brought down symbolizing victory over evil! People enjoy New year day along with victory over evils. On baisakh 5, the chariot is again pulled to narrow street of bhaktapur and brought to its origin place, Taumadhi square marking end of Bisket Jatra.
- Kumar Khasti (Sithi Nakha)
Before modern piping system, wells and kuwas were the basis for water supply in bhaktapur. In this auspicious day, people clean wells and worship Naag favoring good fall in monsoon. They celebrate by eating delicious delicacy like bara and chatamari.
- Gathamaga charya
Gathamaga is made up of straw that symbols a devil. Locals make gathamaga in their locality and burn fire to remove devils of their locality. It is also said that mosquitos loses its one leg in this day.
- Sa: Paaru (Gai Jatra)
The celebration of Gai Jatra Bhaktapur is interesting among Kathmandu and Lalitpur. In this day, Tall bamboo poles wrapped in cloth and topped horn of straw and an umbrella is carried around the town in memory of dead. The photo of dead is hung in this pole called Ta macha.
Also a colorful procession known as Ghing tang gishi is main attraction of this festival. People enjoy and dance in beats of music and play with stick in accordance to the beat. People decorate themselves in mask, paints and even in female outfits.
GUNLA
Gunla is the name of 10th month of Nepal Era calendar. It is sacred month dedicated to Lord Buddha celebrated in Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur.
But In Bhaktapur, last day of Gunla Panchadan is celebrated differently. The Five Buddhas are brought to Taumadhi square accompanied with Gunla Baja, a special musical instrument played only in Gunla and Buddhas are rounded around bhaktapur town.
- Pulu Kisi (Indra Jatra)
The son of Lord of heaven, is believed to have been kidnapped by a devil named Maisasur who then tied Indra's son in a pole and killed. Indra was shocked to hear his son's death and sent an elephant, pulukisi to find and kill Maisasur. But legend says Pulukisi couldn't find maisur till date. This jatra is a play to that legendary story where pulu kisi is rounded the town to search for Maisasur.
- Sithi Nakha
In Bhaktapur a palanquin with an image of the hindu goddess Bhagawati is carried in colorful procession through Nyatapol square this day.
- Dhanya purnima (Yomari purnima)
In this day Farmers of Kathmandu valley worship to Annapurna, the Goddess of grains, for good rice harvest and enjoy feast after all the hard work of the season. Yomari is the chief item on the menu in this day. So is called Yomari puni.
- Maghe sankranti (Ghya-chaku sankranti) (Makar Sankranti)
This festival marks the winter solstice and Newars partake of a feast. The days special menu include butter (ghyu), molasses (chaku) and yam.
In Bhaktapur, on this auspicious day samyak Dan is performed by Buddhist. The shakyas and Bajracharya gather in a samyak ground near Napukhu pond accompanied with panchabuddhas and samyak buddhas. They are offered chaku balls and rice. Bhaktapur is the only one in valley that conducts samyak Dan once in a year.
SHREE PANCHAMI
People regard this day as propitious day for starting new enterprise. Devotee throng Devi shrine to seek blessing. In Bhaktapur, People visit Sashwo:dega in this auspicious day where the idol of Buddhist deity Mahamanjushree is kept. Hindus regard it as saraswoti and worship whereas Buddhist worship it as Manjushree.
IN POPULARE CULTURE
Portions of the movie Little Buddha starring Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda were filmed in the Bhaktapur Durbar Square.
2015 EARTHQUAKE
The Magnitude 7.8 2015 Nepal earthquake that struck on 25 April 2015 damaged 116 heritages in the historic town of Bhaktapur. Of them, 67 were completely damaged while 49 suffered from partial damages. The quake has badly damaged the Durbar square, a significant heritage site included in the UNESCO world heritage list. The main premises of Taleju Temple here also witnessed damages in the disaster.
The building of the municipality office, temples of Rameshwor, Batsala, Narayan, Siddilaxmi, Biswaroopa, Siddiganesh, Sweetbhairav, Siva Mahadev, Degaina, sattal, pati and pujari mathas were damaged by the quake.
The reconstruction and new construction of the damaged heritages will cost over Rs 293 million, underlining the need of starting the renovation soon.
The Magnitude 8.4 (1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake) demolished several buildings that were never rebuilt, however they can be seen in the earlier drawings. Chyasilin Mandap has been rebuilt.
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Enfance et adolescence [modifier]
Claude Monet qui est né à Paris le 14 novembre 1840 au 45, rue Laffitte dans le IXe arrondissement. Il est le second fils d'Adolphe et Louise-Justine Monet, née Aubrée. Baptisé sous le nom d'Oscar-Claude à Notre-Dame de Lorette, il est appelé Oscar par ses parents[1]. Il aimera à dire plus tard qu'il est un vrai parisien comme ses grand-parents, tous quatre nés à Paris. La famille, grands-parents paternels compris, s'installe au Havre en Normandie vers 1845, l'année de ses cinq ans. C'est probablement un déménagement décidé sous l'influence de sa tante Marie-Jeanne Lecadre, épouse d'un commerçant havrais qui accueille son beau-frère dans sa maison. On ne possède pas de source sur la nature exacte de l'emploi qu'occupe Adolphe Monet dans sa ville d'adoption.
Le jeune Oscar n'est pas un élève très appliqué selon ses propres dires, mais il apparaît dans les annales du collège havrais qu'il fréquente comme « une excellente nature très sympathique à ses condisciples ». De manière précoce, il développe un goût pour le dessin et il suit avec intérêt le cours d'Ochard, un ancien élève de David. Ses premiers dessins sont des caricatures de personnages (professeurs, hommes politiques) dont Monet « enguirlande la marge de ses livres...en déformant le plus possible la face ou le profil de ses maîtres » selon ses propres termes. Il fait déjà des croquis de bateau et des paysages en « plein air » sur le motif.
En 1857, sa mère décède et il abandonne ses études. Sa tante Lecadre l'accueille et l'encourage à continuer le dessin. Il vend ses caricatures signées O. Monet chez un commerçant spécialisé dans le matériel pour peintres, où expose également Eugène Boudin, ancien associé du propriétaire. C'est là qu'il va faire sa connaissance, déterminante pour sa carrière artistique, et il dira plus tard : « Si je suis devenu un peintre, c'est à Eugène Boudin que je le dois. » Il conseille aussi à son jeune comparse à quitter Le Havre pour Paris dans le but d'y prendre des cours et d'y rencontrer d'autres artistes.
En 1861-62, Monet sert dans l'armée en Algérie. Sa tante havraise Mme Lecadre accepte de l'en faire sortir s'il prend des cours d'art à l'université. Il quitte donc l'armée, mais n'aime pas les styles traditionnels de peinture enseignés à l'académie.
En 1862, il se lie d'amitié avec Johan Barthold Jongkind, lors de son séjour à Sainte-Adresse et à Honfleur. De sa période honfleuraise en compagnie de ces deux peintres, Monet conservera un attachement et ils auront une influence essentielle dans la genèse de son art.
Strolling with a camera on the popular Sea Promenade in Tel Aviv is one of the things I like to do when I visit Israel.
Tel Aviv is a big city, open minded and accepting. People feel free here to express themselves in any way they choose, locals and tourists, too, without being looked at as strange.
Tel Aviv is a dynamic city and becoming more and more cosmopolitan with time. One can hear numerous languages out here; Hebrew, naturally, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Amharic, Arabic, Russian, Tigrinya, Tagalog, Greek, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch ... You name it, and all within an hour promenade on the beach. It is truly amazing.
Bumping into two young women ended up in a wonderful and heartwarming encounter.
Or, 22 y/o, has been living for the past four years in Canada, she loves it there. She is actually married to a Canadian man who was scheduled to come to Israel in a fortnight, she said.
We had a long conversation, rather private, so I'm not going to write about, but I loved the spontaneous openness of that random meeting. We also had lots of fun shooting pictures.
Or literally means Light in Hebrew, a perfect name to describe her.
We parted hugging each other and wishing each other well.
So young and full of life !
This is my 469th submission to The Human Family group.
Visit the group here to see more portraits and stories: www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily.
Biographie [modifier]
Enfance et adolescence [modifier]
Claude Monet qui est né à Paris le 14 novembre 1840 au 45, rue Laffitte dans le IXe arrondissement. Il est le second fils d'Adolphe et Louise-Justine Monet, née Aubrée. Baptisé sous le nom d'Oscar-Claude à Notre-Dame de Lorette, il est appelé Oscar par ses parents[1]. Il aimera à dire plus tard qu'il est un vrai parisien comme ses grand-parents, tous quatre nés à Paris. La famille, grands-parents paternels compris, s'installe au Havre en Normandie vers 1845, l'année de ses cinq ans. C'est probablement un déménagement décidé sous l'influence de sa tante Marie-Jeanne Lecadre, épouse d'un commerçant havrais qui accueille son beau-frère dans sa maison. On ne possède pas de source sur la nature exacte de l'emploi qu'occupe Adolphe Monet dans sa ville d'adoption.
Le jeune Oscar n'est pas un élève très appliqué selon ses propres dires, mais il apparaît dans les annales du collège havrais qu'il fréquente comme « une excellente nature très sympathique à ses condisciples ». De manière précoce, il développe un goût pour le dessin et il suit avec intérêt le cours d'Ochard, un ancien élève de David. Ses premiers dessins sont des caricatures de personnages (professeurs, hommes politiques) dont Monet « enguirlande la marge de ses livres...en déformant le plus possible la face ou le profil de ses maîtres » selon ses propres termes. Il fait déjà des croquis de bateau et des paysages en « plein air » sur le motif.
En 1857, sa mère décède et il abandonne ses études. Sa tante Lecadre l'accueille et l'encourage à continuer le dessin. Il vend ses caricatures signées O. Monet chez un commerçant spécialisé dans le matériel pour peintres, où expose également Eugène Boudin, ancien associé du propriétaire. C'est là qu'il va faire sa connaissance, déterminante pour sa carrière artistique, et il dira plus tard : « Si je suis devenu un peintre, c'est à Eugène Boudin que je le dois. » Il conseille aussi à son jeune comparse à quitter Le Havre pour Paris dans le but d'y prendre des cours et d'y rencontrer d'autres artistes.
En 1861-62, Monet sert dans l'armée en Algérie. Sa tante havraise Mme Lecadre accepte de l'en faire sortir s'il prend des cours d'art à l'université. Il quitte donc l'armée, mais n'aime pas les styles traditionnels de peinture enseignés à l'académie.
En 1862, il se lie d'amitié avec Johan Barthold Jongkind, lors de son séjour à Sainte-Adresse et à Honfleur. De sa période honfleuraise en compagnie de ces deux peintres, Monet conservera un attachement et ils auront une influence essentielle dans la genèse de son art.
Pondicherry or Puducherry (‘New village’) since 2006 or Pondichery (in French) constitutes one of the Union Territory of India, and is a enclave of Tamil Nadu; located on the coast, the place is also called the ‘French Riviera of the East’, it is a former French trading post; even though the place has been handed over by France to India in 1954, French influence still present, in particular in the architecture (mainly Gothic), dishes at the restaurant, occasional French words and appellations (the French Quarter); the place contains multiple and outstanding focuses with its numerous temples and churches especially the Sacred Heart Church of Jesus, its long and clean beach bordering the city and its seafront promenade, the noteworthy collection of sculptures in the Museum; one of the main attraction in town is the Sri Aurobindo ashram, an spiritual institution, founded by Sri Aurobindo, combining education and meditation based on yogic philosophy and modern science, the influence of this establishment on Pondicherry is prominent due to its cultural, educational, artistic and productive (paper, incense) activities
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Or, 22 y/o, has been living for the past four years in Canada, she is married to a Canadian man. Or actually loves living in Canada.
I met Or and her friend Reut on the Sea Promenade in Tel Aviv.
Or literally means Light in Hebrew and Reut means Friendship.
San Biagio di Callalta, Treviso
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Daniel Abel est né à Québec en 1950 de parents canadiens, il s'intéressa très tôt au dessin ainsi qu'à la peinture et à la photographie. Ce n'est que vers la trentaine qu'il décida d'étudier l'histoire de l'art et de la peinture à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts Sylvia Araya.
Depuis ses débuts, Daniel Abel est un artiste peintre et photographe doté d'une énorme sensibilité qui s'efforce de dépasser sa condition de grand artisan du pinceau pour se convertir en un intellectuel de la peinture. La maîtrise de son art donne une oeuvre subtile, exigeante, diversifiée et riche en matière. Il donne au dessin et aux formes une simplification personnelle pour nous livrer ses impressions.
Se situant lui-même dans la lignée des impressionnistes, Daniel Abel s'intéresse à plusieurs facettes de la création ainsi qu'à la recherche picturale et chromatique de son oeuvre. Quelles que soient ses difficultés, il veut faire ce qui lui plaît sans céder à la facilité commerciale et en aucun temps, être un peintre mondain.
Son oeuvre est caractérisée par la forte assurance avec laquelle il construit ses tableaux. Il y a en son oeuvre, un équilibre et des perspectives parfaites, produit d'une vaste expérience et d'un talent pour le dessin. Cette expérience se traduit tant dans le paysage, la nature morte et le portrait.
Sa passion pour le traitement de l'image sous toutes ses formes, l'amène aussi vers la photographie. Ce domaine lui permet de manipuler une nouvelle dimension dans le traitement de l'ombre et de la lumière. Daniel Abel a acheté son premier appareil il y a plus de 30 ans et tout de suite l’image s’est installée depuis et pour toujours.
Constamment à la recherche du sujet qui se laisse apprivoiser pour être saisi par son objectif, il explore, la nuit, les recoins les plus discrets du Vieux Québec où l'éclairage urbain donne sa sensibilité aux couleurs chaudes qui racontent son histoire en images. L'appareil actuel est un Nikon D300S accompagné d'une lentille 18-200mm / 85 / 70-200 /105 - et autres... afin de saisir tant le paysage, l’architecture que le portrait.
En 2005, Abel se convertit à la photographie numérique pour ne plus retourner à la prise de vue argentique. Cette technologie souple et moderne lui permet de prendre plus de 15 000 clichés par année.
Maintenant, Daniel Abel distribue son temps entre deux images, celles qui apparaissent sur ses toiles et celles de son écran numérique.
Quel bonheur pour lui de pouvoir s’exprimer ainsi.
L’image est, pour lui, une source de vie essentielle.
Daniel Abel
CRITIQUE:
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Isabelle Lapointe - QuébecPlus (Avril 2000)
Les paysages croqués par Daniel Abel pour Couleurs des alentours parlent, comme ce nom l'indique, le langage des couleurs et de la lumière. Mais ce sont aussi de véritables morceaux de la nature des environs qu'ils vous dévoilent au Domaine Maizerets, du 21 au 24 avril 2000.
La vingtaine de toiles présentées à l'occasion de Couleurs des alentours portent, pour la plupart, des noms très évocateurs : Le dégel au printemps, La débâcle de la Montmorency, Variations automnales, Charlevoix... En soi, ces titres portent déjà la promesse des promenades que l'on peut faire en admirant les huiles qu'ils désignent, dont la plupart ont été réalisées sur papier. Se situant lui-même dans la lignée des impressionnistes, Daniel Abel s'intéresse à plusieurs facettes de la création et s'adonne également au portrait.
RECONNAISSANCES OFFICIELLES & PRIX
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•8ème prix : Daniel Abel pour sa photo « Est-ce bien Saint-Nicolas ou ? », L'Internaute, Janvier 2008 (Photo du concours sur l'internaute.com)
•Récipiendaire d'un premier prix à un concours de photo de L'Internaute,France, Juin 2004
•Mention d’excellence du concours de photos C.H.R.G . 2003
•Lauréat du concours de photos ; Photo Sélection, 2001
•1er prix au concours de photos du Domaine de Cap Tourmente, 1999
•Prix de participation au concours de photos Jardins Van den Hende, 1998
ENTREVUES ET PARUTIONS
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• Le NIC (Nouvel Informateur Catholique), mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, décembre 2008 - juillet, septembre, octobre, décembre 2009 - février,mars 2010 -
• Québec 1608-2008 - Ma Ville mon 400 ième. (2009)
• Pastorale Québec (L'Ordination épiscopale en photos
(juillet-août 2009)
49e Congrès Eucharistique International Québec 2008 (septembre 2008)
• Revue Univers, mai 2008
• Revue Pensez-y bien - La Capitale, mars 2005
CION-FM 90,9
• Entrevue avec Isabelle Lemieux Lefebvre dans le cadre de l’émission Curriculum Vitae 2003
CION-FM 90,9
• Entrevue avec Micheline Poitras dans le cadre de l’émission Chemin Faisant, 1998
COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES
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• Couvent des Religieuses de Jésus-Marie (Sillery)
• Monastère des Petits Frères de la Croix - Sainte-Agnès
• Centre de la petite enfance - Les P'tits Trésors de Val- Bélair
• Centre Hospitalier Robert-Giffard, Québec
• C.H.U.Q., pavillon Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, (département 12500)
• Compagnie Cascade Canada, Saint –Hubert, Montréal
EXPOSITIONS SOLO et GROUPE
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• Colloque du C.R.D.I. Québec, 2005
• Complicité, 2003
• Simplement Abel, 2002
• Atelier de l’artiste, 2001
• Domaine de Maîzerets, 2000
• Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 1999
• Domaine de Maîzerets, 1998
• Complexe « G », 31e étage, 1992-1993 (groupe)
• Salon d’Art, C.H.R.G, 1989-1990
• Pavillon de l’enseignement, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 1988
• Pavillon de l’enseignement, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 1988 (groupe)
COUVERTURE D'ÉVÉNEMENTS (PHOTO)
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• Cocktail dînatoire
De Point cardinal Marc Ouellet
Sous la présidence d'honneur de Ross Gaudreault
(Vieux Port de Québec) 25 mars 2010
• Soirée culturelle vietnamienne catholique de Québec
(Fête du Têt) L’Année du tigre 21 février 2010
• Clôture du procès de Béatification de
Mère Julienne du Rosaire (Dominicaine adoratrice)
Présidé par Mgr Marc Ouellet,
En la Basilique Notre-Dame de Québec (7 février 2010)
• Soupe populaire Sr. De la Charité avec
Mgr Marc Ouellette (11-12-2009)
• Conférence de presse avec madame Ingrid Bétancourt
Château Frontenac (23-09-2009)
• Le 50 ième de la Paroisse St-Ursule - Québec
(13 sept 2009)
• Congrès charismatique de Québec (juin 2009)
• Célébration diocésaine des confirmations à la basilique de Québec (31 mai 2009)
• Ordination apostolique des Mgrs Gérald Cyprien Lacroix et Paul Lortie du Diocèse de Québec à la Basilique
Ste- Anne de Beaupré (24 mai 2009)
• Feu et Lumière (Le mensuel de la vie spirituelle)
(janvier 2009)
• Photographe de presse au Congrès Eucharistique International de Québec (11 au 22 juin 2008)
• Comédie Ô de Gamme, Estelle Blais (mai 2008)
•
Comédie musicale de Dina Bélanger (juin 2008)
SYMPOSIUMS
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• Œuvre collective pour CHRG, Québec, 2001
• Ville de Beauport (1997-1998)
Hypperliens:
Couverture d'événements diocésain (photos)
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Centre Victor Lelièvre
lieu de spiritualité et de prière.
Spending an hour or so at Trafalgar Square before heading off for a pub crawl for my birthday.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_in_London
Pride in London is an annual LGBT pride festival and pride parade held each summer in London, England. The event, which was formerly run by Pride London, is sometimes referred to as London Pride.
Pride in London celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ communities with the colourful Pride in London Parade, as well as free festivity events that take place in Trafalgar Square. This event brings together people of all genders, ethnicities, sexualities, and races.
One of the longest running pride festivals in the country and the largest, Pride in London boasts an estimated 30,000 participants and attracts an estimated 1.5 million visitors.[The festival's events and location within London vary every year however the parade is the only annual event to close London's iconic Oxford Street.
Saudia, or Saudi Arabian Airlines (take your pick!) is undergoing a few changes in preparation for the Summer 2016 schedule which will begin in only 3 months time where demand will increase over time. Saudia is planning changes to its 2 flights operating to London Heathrow from both Jeddah and Riyadh.
Effective from 27th March 2016, London Heathrow to Jeddah (SV115/116) operates daily but will see the flight operating with 2-class Boeing 777-300ER's rather than the current Boeing 777-200ER. Meanwhile, London Heathrow to Riyadh (SV117/118) operates daily using First Class-configured Boeing 777-300ER's rather than on selected flights.
Currently, Saudia operates a fleet of 45 Boeing 777's, this includes 23 Boeing 777-200ER's (one is VIP-configured), 3 Boeing 777F's with one more example on-order, and lastly 19 Boeing 777-300ER's with one more example left on-order.
Alpha Kilo Charlie is currently one of 23 Boeing 777-200ER's in service with Saudia as well as just 12 Boeing 777-200ER's that feature First Class interiors. She was delivered new to Saudia in December 1997 and is powered by 2 General Electric GE90-92B engines.
Boeing 777-268(ER) HZ-AKC on final approach into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on SV115 from Jeddah-King Abdulaziz (JED).
Belisi scarves and neckties are perfect for any occasion, whether or not you leave the house.
Shop for the Palm Beach Palace long scarf:
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Subtle brushstrokes in the background of this Diane White painting suggest birds in flight. See the whole work to find out why she included these elegant little details: ow.ly/H712l
Biographie [modifier]
Enfance et adolescence [modifier]
Claude Monet qui est né à Paris le 14 novembre 1840 au 45, rue Laffitte dans le IXe arrondissement. Il est le second fils d'Adolphe et Louise-Justine Monet, née Aubrée. Baptisé sous le nom d'Oscar-Claude à Notre-Dame de Lorette, il est appelé Oscar par ses parents[1]. Il aimera à dire plus tard qu'il est un vrai parisien comme ses grand-parents, tous quatre nés à Paris. La famille, grands-parents paternels compris, s'installe au Havre en Normandie vers 1845, l'année de ses cinq ans. C'est probablement un déménagement décidé sous l'influence de sa tante Marie-Jeanne Lecadre, épouse d'un commerçant havrais qui accueille son beau-frère dans sa maison. On ne possède pas de source sur la nature exacte de l'emploi qu'occupe Adolphe Monet dans sa ville d'adoption.
Le jeune Oscar n'est pas un élève très appliqué selon ses propres dires, mais il apparaît dans les annales du collège havrais qu'il fréquente comme « une excellente nature très sympathique à ses condisciples ». De manière précoce, il développe un goût pour le dessin et il suit avec intérêt le cours d'Ochard, un ancien élève de David. Ses premiers dessins sont des caricatures de personnages (professeurs, hommes politiques) dont Monet « enguirlande la marge de ses livres...en déformant le plus possible la face ou le profil de ses maîtres » selon ses propres termes. Il fait déjà des croquis de bateau et des paysages en « plein air » sur le motif.
En 1857, sa mère décède et il abandonne ses études. Sa tante Lecadre l'accueille et l'encourage à continuer le dessin. Il vend ses caricatures signées O. Monet chez un commerçant spécialisé dans le matériel pour peintres, où expose également Eugène Boudin, ancien associé du propriétaire. C'est là qu'il va faire sa connaissance, déterminante pour sa carrière artistique, et il dira plus tard : « Si je suis devenu un peintre, c'est à Eugène Boudin que je le dois. » Il conseille aussi à son jeune comparse à quitter Le Havre pour Paris dans le but d'y prendre des cours et d'y rencontrer d'autres artistes.
En 1861-62, Monet sert dans l'armée en Algérie. Sa tante havraise Mme Lecadre accepte de l'en faire sortir s'il prend des cours d'art à l'université. Il quitte donc l'armée, mais n'aime pas les styles traditionnels de peinture enseignés à l'académie.
En 1862, il se lie d'amitié avec Johan Barthold Jongkind, lors de son séjour à Sainte-Adresse et à Honfleur. De sa période honfleuraise en compagnie de ces deux peintres, Monet conservera un attachement et ils auront une influence essentielle dans la genèse de son art.
Biographie [modifier]
Enfance et adolescence [modifier]
Claude Monet qui est né à Paris le 14 novembre 1840 au 45, rue Laffitte dans le IXe arrondissement. Il est le second fils d'Adolphe et Louise-Justine Monet, née Aubrée. Baptisé sous le nom d'Oscar-Claude à Notre-Dame de Lorette, il est appelé Oscar par ses parents[1]. Il aimera à dire plus tard qu'il est un vrai parisien comme ses grand-parents, tous quatre nés à Paris. La famille, grands-parents paternels compris, s'installe au Havre en Normandie vers 1845, l'année de ses cinq ans. C'est probablement un déménagement décidé sous l'influence de sa tante Marie-Jeanne Lecadre, épouse d'un commerçant havrais qui accueille son beau-frère dans sa maison. On ne possède pas de source sur la nature exacte de l'emploi qu'occupe Adolphe Monet dans sa ville d'adoption.
Le jeune Oscar n'est pas un élève très appliqué selon ses propres dires, mais il apparaît dans les annales du collège havrais qu'il fréquente comme « une excellente nature très sympathique à ses condisciples ». De manière précoce, il développe un goût pour le dessin et il suit avec intérêt le cours d'Ochard, un ancien élève de David. Ses premiers dessins sont des caricatures de personnages (professeurs, hommes politiques) dont Monet « enguirlande la marge de ses livres...en déformant le plus possible la face ou le profil de ses maîtres » selon ses propres termes. Il fait déjà des croquis de bateau et des paysages en « plein air » sur le motif.
En 1857, sa mère décède et il abandonne ses études. Sa tante Lecadre l'accueille et l'encourage à continuer le dessin. Il vend ses caricatures signées O. Monet chez un commerçant spécialisé dans le matériel pour peintres, où expose également Eugène Boudin, ancien associé du propriétaire. C'est là qu'il va faire sa connaissance, déterminante pour sa carrière artistique, et il dira plus tard : « Si je suis devenu un peintre, c'est à Eugène Boudin que je le dois. » Il conseille aussi à son jeune comparse à quitter Le Havre pour Paris dans le but d'y prendre des cours et d'y rencontrer d'autres artistes.
En 1861-62, Monet sert dans l'armée en Algérie. Sa tante havraise Mme Lecadre accepte de l'en faire sortir s'il prend des cours d'art à l'université. Il quitte donc l'armée, mais n'aime pas les styles traditionnels de peinture enseignés à l'académie.
En 1862, il se lie d'amitié avec Johan Barthold Jongkind, lors de son séjour à Sainte-Adresse et à Honfleur. De sa période honfleuraise en compagnie de ces deux peintres, Monet conservera un attachement et ils auront une influence essentielle dans la genèse de son art.
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“Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
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TEXTO DO ERNANIB:
Há o tempo de plantar e o tempo de colher. Todos nós temos presa para viver, nunca de morrer. Temos tempo para a internet, para um amigo, para brincar, para trabalhar, mas nunca temos tempo para parar e ajudar. Temos tempo para ver TV, ler jornais, um bom livro, mas nunca tempo para ler um pedido de ajuda.
Mas há quem não tem mais tempo. Quem não teve tempo de plantar. Quem mal tem tempo para brincar. Quem mal vai ter tempo de dizer: “Eu te amo mamãe, papai!!!”. Porque em algum lugar alguém não teve tempo para parar e ler essa mensagem, para procurar saber do que se tratava, sobre quem se estava falando, de procurar saber como poderia ajudar; já que quem deveria ajudar não acha tempo para isso, porque não acha importante, porque é um investimento que não tem retorno no curto espaço de tempo ou porque acha que seu tempo é valioso demais para gastar com quem não tem tanto tempo de vida assim.
Pare um momento. Procure se informar, ler, ajudar. Quem já conta os segundos para a despedida final vai agradecer de coração por esses poucos instantes de tempo, que você dedicou a elas.
Não deixe que o relógio das vidas delas pare só porque você não queria perder tempo. Ajude!!! Divulge!!! Dê corda nesses pequenos relógios de vida.
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There is a time for planting and a time for harvesting. We are all in a hurry to live, not to die.We have time for internet, for friends, for playing, for working and we never have time to stop and help others. We have time for watching TV, reading the papers or a good book but we never have time for reading a message asking for help.
But there are the ones who don’t have any more time to lose. The ones who didn’t have time to plant. That barely have time to play. That won’t have time to say “I love you, mom, dad”. Because someone, somewhere didn’t have time to read this message, to try to know what it means, to try to know how to help. Because many times who could help don’t have the time, because it’s not an investment with short term interest or because thinks its time is too valuable to spend with somenone who doesn’t have that much time.
Stop for a moment.Try to read and get informed. The children that are about to say their goodbyes to life will be thankful for these few moments you took to help them.. Don’t let their life clocks stop just because you didn’t want to waste your time. Help them! Spread the word! Wind up these little life clocks
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Hay momentos para sembrar, y otros para recoger la cosecha. Todos tenemos tiempo para vivir, nunca para morir. Tenemos tiempo para Internet, para un amigo, para jugar, para trabajar, pero nunca tenemos tiempo para detenernos y ayudar. Tenemos tiempo para ver Tele, leer periódicos, un buen libro, pero nunca tiempo para leer un pedido de ayuda.
Pero hay quienes ya no tienen más tiempo. Quien no tuvo tiempo para sembrar. Que apenas tiene tiempo para jugar, y que quizás tampoco no va a tener tiempo para decir "Yo te amo mamá! papá!
Porque en algún lugar alguien no tuvo tiempo para detenerse a leer este mensaje, para tratar de entender de qué se trataba, de quién se estaba hablando, de entender cómo se podía ayudar; ya que quien debería ajudar no consigue tiempo para esto, porque no lo considera importante, porque es una inversión que no tiene retorno en un corto espacio de tiempo o porque cree que su tiempo es mucho más valioso como para gastarlo con quien no tiene tanto tiempo de vida.
Detente un momento. Procura Informarte, leer, ayudar.
Quienes cuentan los segundos para la despedida final van agradecer de corazón por ese gesto, por haber leido éstas líneas.
No dejes que el reloj de la vida de esas personas pare porque no querías perder tiempo.
Ayuda! Divulga! Dale cuerda a esas pequeñas manecillas del reloj de la vida!
Carta do Padre Alfredo
IBCM
Prezado Amigo,a,
Em nome das 39 crianças com AIDS da IBCM e das 250 famílias assistidas, agradeço-lhe de coração.
Somos mais de 22 voluntári@s, igualmente pesaros@s com o fechamento da creche.
Nesta segunda-feira, graças à generosidade de muitas pessoas como vc, estaremos abrindo provisoriamente a creche, em regime de 1/2 turno (das 14 às 17h). Ainda não é o ideal, mas já ameniza a fome e o sofrimento destas crianças em grave situação de risco.
Obrigado pela sua generosidade. Divulgue a nossa causas e conte sempre com nossa gratidão e reconhecimento.
Feliz Natal!
pe Alfredo
In the 21st century we are conflicted between choosing rural vs urban lifestyles. Here is one who cannot decide just yet.
(Or so Cpt Oates said in Antarctica once.)
Or Brighton Snow Day 5
I just fancied a bit of colour in my snowstream.
And i seem to have a thing about hi-viz jackets and snow!?!
See below or in comments below.
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The Vienna Prater
Lieblingsnahausflugsziel (favourite nearby excursion destination) in Biedermeier Vienna is the Prater. The season opens with the race of "noble runners" on May 1. The usually before the carriages of the nobility running lackeys on that day line up under high bets to public competition. The main avenue along to the pleasure house (Lusthaus) and back drag the racers to the cheers of the audience. Trumpet-blasts, flags and cash prizes await the winner. Military music they escorts into the first Prater coffee house where them a splendid breakfast is arranged, while the ones having fallen by the wayside are collected. This race is banned in 1848 because of inhumanity. In the afternoon swayed - as from now on every Sunday - people and cars down the hunter line (Jägerzeile - since 1862 Prater Road). The state-carriages of the Court, the nobility and the wealthy bourgeoisie to evening make in a continuous parade the main street with its lofty Prater coffee houses to a "Nobel Prater".
"Bey the public-houses (Inns)" in the Prater.
Coloured engraving, T. Mollo. 1825
The people has fun in the Wurstelprater (Hanswurst, clowning on Vienna stages) in a tangle of guest houses and Prater lodges, puppet booths, calendula games and swings between the Prater harpists, salami sellers and spectacle. Here is the stronghold of the showmen with their monkey theater and flea circus, jugglers and fire-eaters, giants and dwarfs, menageries, panoramas, wax figures and ghostly apparitions. On the "Zirkuswiese" in Circus gymnasticus the popular equestrian companies by Christoph de Bach (? 1808) and Alexander Guerra perform. One camps in the Prater floodplains and waits until at nightfall on the "fireworks meadow" Stuwer (? 1802) lets shoot up his sparkling rockets.
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The historically grown amusement park looks back to a rich history. First documentary references of that area, which originally had jungle-like character, go back to the 12th Century. The former imperial hunting ground in 1766 under the "popular" Austrian Emperor Joseph II was made accessible to the public. Soon after, a number of small entertainment venues (carousels, shooting galleries, food stalls, ...) arrived, entertaining the people and also providing for the physical well-being.
The inhabitants of Vienna enjoyed themselves by riding artfully designed Hutschpferden (swing horses) and by swinging into lofty altitudes. In the process you could with long poles jab into rings. Hence the name carousel. It had been created recreational devices for the general public.
The fireworks of Stuwer and the balloon ascents end of the 18th Century dragged the Viennese from the city to the fairgrounds in the Prater. Following the trend of the times were national artistic institutions (theaters, waxworks museum and people museum - "Präuschers panopticon" with 2,000 objects, Vivarium, Planetarium, ... ) built and connected to the hustle and bustle. Sensations in the old Prater were the Abnormitätenshows (abnormalities) in which Lilliputian, Hirsute men, Siamese twins including "Freaks" (monster, abnormal shape) were to see. The thick Prater-Mitzi or the Russian-born trunk man Kobelkoff, as well as the ghostly magic theater of Kratky Baschik enriched the morphology of the bizarre Prater landscape. With the development of technology and electricity, the entertainment in the Prater was becoming more and more diverse.
In the emerging age of railways, the in Trieste born Basilio Calafati founded the first railway carousel in 1844. In this hut in 1854 the figure of the "big Chinesers" was set up as a mast. Many showmen and technicians from all over the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, but also from the rest of Europe in the illustrious Viennese amusement park their ideas put into practice.
The Englishman Basset succeeded in 1897 to set up the still existing Ferris wheel in the Prater. This vehicle with a diameter of 61 meters originally had 30 cars. When the first "living pictures", the Cinematography, were born, 1896 the first cinema was opened in the Prater. Electricity in 1898 the first electrically operated Grottenbahn brought in the Prater. This fairytale train was also the first in Europe. On the occasion of the popularity of the airplane in 1911 the first "Aeroplan Carousel" was established. Followed in 1926 the first "Autodrome" and in 1933 the first "ghost train". In 1928, the still running "Liliputbahn", a reduced form of the great steam locomotives was placed in the Prater. 1935 brought a Prater entrepreneur from Chicago the rapid "flight path" in the Prater, a system not running on rails.
The Prater always changed its face, modernized and adapted itself to the trend of times. One attraction always replaced the other. Only few historical venues have been able to transport themselves into the present. Tradition-conscious companies such as the "Pony Carousel" from the year 1887 or the nostalgic slide tower "switchback (Tobogan)" from the 50s fight against the taste of the times and the needs of the visitors. In popularity but the historic Ferris wheel, the "Miniature Train" and of course the restaurant "Swiss House" (specialty: stilt and beer) will never lose.
Rickety ghost trains and sparkling grotto railways, although dusty, will not allow to be pushed out of the Prater. Between the historical venues flash the new, modern, hydraulically operated high-tech fairground rides. 1909-1944 the enormous dimensioned "roller coaster" always was a magnet for the Prater trippers. A reduced form is the after the war built "Neue Wiener roller coaster". Was swallowed entirely by history the magnificent "Venice in Vienna". On the site of the present Emperor's Meadow (Kaiserwiese) was located around the turn of the century the illusory world of the artificially recreated lagoon city. The initiator Gabor Steiner created in 1895 a world in the Prater, in which not only the high society, but also the Bohemian maids and the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian multinational state amused themselves. In the era of the fin de siècle (= the decadent over-refinement of feeling and taste at the end of the 19th century), in which the Prater flourished, performed the most famous conductors of the time (Strauss, Lanner, Ziehrer).
Characteristic for the Wiener Prater today is also the adjacent green, left in its naturale state Praterau (Prater floodplain). An engaging recreational landscape with trees, meadows and ponds. Through this welcoming and quiet part of the Prater leads the 4.5 km long main avenue, which is lined with old chestnut trees. At the time, colorful flower parades were held there where, inter alia, even the Emperor and Empress and Mayor Lueger showed up. Along the main avenue were situated the now defunct, three famous coffee houses. The1783 built by Canevale "pleasure house" (Lusthaus) at the end of the main avenue, however, is still to be found. Past is the "Vaudeville Light", where for a long time popular movie stars and artists of yesteryear (Aslan, Jeritza, Moser, ... ) entertained the Prater audience.
To the Prater belongs also the fairgrounds. There in 1873 took place the world exhibition. The Rotunda, those proud crowned by a cupola central building in 1937 became a prey to the flames. What in the course of time of historic buildings of facilities in the Prater not had outlived itself, was destroyed in World War II. The most severely battered amusement park but was rebuilt. It established itself again as an integral part of the cultural entertainment of the city of Vienna. The force measuring machine "Watschenmann" is part of the local history of this unique institution, but also the cheeky and defiant "Prater Puppet" characterizes the color of the Vienna Prater.
Atlas Editions 1/72 - Jelcz 043
The Jelcz 043 was a Polish license-built version of the Skoda 706 RTO, hence this model's similarity to the Skoda released in the UK series. The casting is almost but not quite identical though as the Jelcz has two metal roof hatches but the Skoda has three glass ones. This version is from the European coach collection; there is another in the Kultowe Auta series that appears to be the same but has various small differences.