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Gion matsuri is a festival modeled after the Gion district in Kyoto. Again, the main streets are for pedestrian traffic only and groups of men and women from local shrines and temples carry mikoshi in the streets.
The streets are lined with night stalls selling food such as yakitori (barbecued chicken skewers), traditional Japanese sweets, taiyaki, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and many other culinary delights. Many Kyoto girls dressed in yukata (summer kimono) walk around the area, carrying with them traditional purses and paper fans.
A mikoshi (神輿) is a portable Shinto shrine. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle of a divine spirit in Japan at the time of a parade of deities. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing. Typical shapes are rectangles, hexagons, and octagons. The body, which stands on two poles (for carrying), is usually lavishly decorated, and the roof might hold a carving of a Phoenix.
During a matsuri, people bear a mikoshi on their shoulders by means of the two poles. They bring the mikoshi from the shrine, carry it around the neighborhoods that worship at the shrine, and in many cases leave it in a designated area, resting on blocks, for a time before returning it to the shrine. Some shrines have the custom of dipping the mikoshi in the water of a nearby lake, river or ocean. At certain festivals, the people who bear the mikoshi wave it wildly from side to side, and from time to time, deaths occur when a mikoshi strikes a bystander or participant.
A mikoshi was believed to have been first used to transport Hachiman to Tōdai-ji temple from Usa Jingu in 749.
On this day, Pacific Ocean was particularly calm. There were trains of rolling waves, making neither splash nor noise.
Prince Charles waves to onlookers at the end of his visit to Sark, just before boarding the helicopter prior to travelling to Alderney, his tour took in the island of Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Sark and Alderney.
Another chance shot - last one of the afternoon - and I was praying that she wouldn't turn round before I'd captured her
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The tripod took this photo - standing alone first section deep in a swirling mixture of surf and sand. Meanwhile the photographer had scurried away and wes cowering somewhere up the beach trying to keep his feet dry. :-)
Henderson Waves
Distance: 0.3 km
Walking Time: 05 mins
At 36 metres above Henderson Road, Henderson Waves is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. It was built to connect the two hills of Mount Faber and Telok Blangah Hill.
The bridge has a unique wave-form made up of seven undulating curved steel “ribs” that alternately rise over and under its deck. The curved “ribs” form alcoves that function as shelters with seats within.
Slats of yellow balau wood, an all-weather timber found in South-East Asia, are used in the decking. Look out for carvings on the slats marking the height you are at on various points along the bridge.
The wave-forms will be lit with attractive LED light from 7pm to 7am daily, giving the bridge an illuminative glow.
This trail is disabled-friendly
Bride waving goodbye to her life as a singleton.
Sometimes you're lucky and can piggyback on the hard work of a wedding photographer.
More CANDIDS will follow as and when.