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The text that accompanies this float states:
The Buddha was born in Lumbini around the 5th-6th century B.C.E.
His father was Suddhodana, the king of the Shakya Clan, and his mother was Maya.
It is said that immediately after being born the Buddha stood up, walked seven steps,
and while pointing up with his right hand and pointing down with his left hand proclaimed,
“Throughout the heavens and earth, I alone am honored.”
This legendary scene has been passed down orally from generation to generation.
“There is only one of us; we cannot be replaced with anyone; our lives are precious are they are.”
This is what the Buddha was expressing. There are all sorts of people that exist in this world,
and regrettably,t here is also inequality and discrimination. Today, the world is striving
“to eradicate inequality amongst individuals and countries,"
just one of the many global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Perhapsth is is exactly what the Buddha meant by "all humans are equally precious."
Here, the birth of the Buddha is recreated.
May all things that are capable of life obtain all the happiness in the world
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Nebuta and Neputa are a type of Tanabata-related summer festival held in towns around Aomori Prefecture. The largest of these festivals is the Nebuta Matsuri (ねぶた祭) of Aomori City, held every year from August 2 to 7. The highlight of the festival is the daily parade of enormous lantern floats, flanked by large taiko drums, musicians and dancers. The Nebuta Matsuri is one of the three great festivals of the Tohoku Region (Tohoku Sandai Matsuri) alongside Akita's Kanto Matsuri and Sendai's Tanabata.
Local teams build the festival's two dozen floats, which are constructed of painted washi paper over a wire frame and take an entire year to design and construct. They can be up to nine meters wide and five meters tall and often depict gods, historical or mythical figures from both Japanese and Chinese culture, kabuki actors, and characters from the popular NHK Taiga Drama historical TV series.
Every night during the festival the floats are wheeled out onto the streets of downtown Aomori for a parade, except on the last day (August 7), when the parade is held in the afternoon. The floats are pushed along the street by human power, weaving back and forth, and spinning around for the crowd. Each float is accompanied by teams of taiko drummers, flute and hand cymbals players, as well as hundreds of dancers, called haneto, who follow the procession chanting "Rassera, Rassera" while performing a dance that looks a little bit like skipping.
There is lots of free seating on the ground along the nearly three kilometer long parade route, as well as reserved seats which are available from Ticket Pia and convenience stores. Participation in the parade is encouraged, and people come from all around to join in the dancing. The only requirement is that you wear the traditional haneto dancing costume, which can be bought at grocery stores and shops around the prefecture for about 10,000 yen or rented from rental shops around town for about 4,000 yen.
Haneto dancers
On the first two nights of the festival the parades are somewhat smaller with only about two thirds of the lantern floats participating. However on the nights from August 4 to 6 the parades are in full swing and every float makes an appearance. All the floats are also displayed in the afternoon parade on the last day of the festival, before some of the floats are put onto boats and paraded around the bay in the evening. Finally, a two hour fireworks display along the waterfront closes off the festivities.
Various events are held during the festival at Rassera Land next to the ASPM building along the city's waterfront. The festival floats are stabled at Rassera Land during the day, and visitors are encouraged to check them out up close, take pictures and meet with some of the designers and builders. There are also singing and dance performances held at ASPM as well as vendors selling food and festival related goods.
Getting there and around
The Nebuta Matsuri parade route is a three kilometer loop around central Aomori and is a five minute walk from JR Aomori Station. Rassera Land, where the floats are stabled, is located next to the ASPM building along the waterfront, a ten minute walk from JR Aomori Station.
I always thought the telephone pole in my back yard had way too many wires coming off of it. They do form interesting angles though.
By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions. Feel free to download and use these as a background for commercial or noncommercial projects. If you decide to use them, please let me know how it goes by sending a link or an image. Enjoy!
wire beetle sculpture made of enameled copper and stainless steel with coconut and tiger eye and fluorite semi precious stones
escarabajo escultura de alambre en cobre esmaltado y acero inoxidable con coco y ojo de tigre y fluorita
{from the archives}
Heve to go hunting fences for my fridays, in the meanwhile I rescue old ones from the archives
HFF!
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{de los archivos}
Tengo que salir a cazar vallas para mis viernes, mientras tanto voy rescatando algunas de los archivos.
Feliz Viernes Vallero!
I don't know what I have done with this wire,but it was looking so beautiful,so I clicked these pics hahahaha...
Interesting colours to metal boxes hanging from a power line. I think they're cable TV connections of some kind. (071a)
Made after making some other wire weaving/mesh pieces. The beads are glass. I was also heavily influenced by some of Elise Matheson's work (her fabulous necklace-crowns).
August 11, 2018
Fisherman's Wharf area and San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park.
California Trip 2018 - (Day 2)
San Francisco, California - USA
Photo by brucetopher
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...always learning - critiques welcome.
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Made as part of the Crafteroo Pinterest challenge - blogged here: kittyballisticscreations.blogspot.com/2012/01/beaded-wire...
This serene and beautiful beach borders the St. Georges University Campus. Making it one of the most picturesque. Unfortunately they seem to want to keep out visitors from using the beach - hence the razor wire fence. The boats belong to local fishermen.
This is from one of my favorite abstract shoots, taken earlier this spring. It's the junction of two pieces of wire fence on a farm near Esko, MN. The twists and turns of the connecting wire reminded me of sort of a digital signature, which is why I've titled in such a manner.
Taken 25 April 2011 near Esko, MN.
Late American economist John Kenneth Galbraith had once described India as a functioning anarchy. He was perhaps right. Look at this confusing wire fitting, the work of Delhi’s electricity department. It is hanging dangerously over a busy Delhi street. Everything is arranged haphazardly, one wire goes there, another comes here, while a third one disappears somewhere else. It appears that nothing could come out of such an arrangement. Yet the bulb lights up in the evening. It actually works! A functioning anarchy indeed!