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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2011 21:31:26 GMT
Oh, these people will never know if their soles have a yellow tinge!
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Post by auntieannie on Aug 30, 2011 9:07:59 GMT
you can actually see it clearly when they put it on their faces to try and get rid of acne.
but I was thinking of the turmeric left in the machine. That would colour the streets yellow for a while.
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Post by hwinpp on Aug 30, 2011 10:48:34 GMT
I was actually thinking more about the cold than the dirt ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2011 13:00:23 GMT
Of course, you would, being from the land of sandals-with-socks. ;D
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Post by hwinpp on Aug 31, 2011 3:30:46 GMT
Velly funny. Want me to google 'Frenchmen with sandals and socks'?
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Post by fumobici on Aug 31, 2011 4:56:56 GMT
Where I live in the Pacific NW coast is famous for the socks with sandals fashion felony. People know it's so very, very wrong but still can't control their urges to do it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2011 17:10:28 GMT
While the Ganesha procession is fascinating, most of the Indian community members are spectators rather than "performers." It's a party day and an excuse to get all dressed up and hook up with some hot girls/boys if your hormones are boiling. One thing that I find interesting every year is the universal enormous difference between the teen girls and the teen boys. We're the pretty girls and we love to wear our best outfits in the brightest colours to be noticed.We're the young studs and we are French now, so we're not going to wear that ridiculous foreign stuff, no way!
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Post by sojoh on Sept 1, 2011 17:36:18 GMT
Kerouac, What an astute observation. Are you an anthropologist? Having a young stud of my own, I occasionally remind him that he should make more of an effort to keep the affection of his pretty girl. What a striking contrast the two groups make.
Just reread this post and thought that I should clarify that the "young stud" is my son and that the "pretty girl" is his girlfriend.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2011 19:33:41 GMT
Just a bit observant, sojoh. Another thing that amuses me, but in a nice way, is how as the years go by more and more 'European' Parisians have acquired clothing from those shops on the rue du Faubourg Saint Denis and joyfully dress up for the Ganesha day.
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Post by Jazz on Sept 2, 2011 5:59:18 GMT
Fabulous thread, FMT! Love the colors, the sensuality, the vitality. The videos are great as well and I ran one as I looked at the photos, ( my idea of a soundtrack), definitely the sounds enhance the feelings of the day. Possibly you caught a photo of Kerouac in #3, the man in the green and gold sarong, vigourously breaking coconuts? mmm...not sure. An excellent thread.
I agree with Sojoh, Kerouac's observation was astute. If I were so fortunate as to attend this day, I would wear rich and vibrant clothing.
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Post by sojoh on Sept 2, 2011 6:56:14 GMT
My husband and I noticed the Western women wearing saris and while I would love to wear one, they never seem to look as good on women with light complexions as they do on women with darker complexions. I always feel a bit envious!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2011 7:04:35 GMT
Quite a few people, even if they don't have any Indian clothing, like to wear a yellow or orange T-shirt or scarf.
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Post by nycgirl on Sept 13, 2011 1:21:48 GMT
Funny captions in #36. I like how the "young studs" in the last photo all have almost identical dark-rinse jeans, blue and white plaid shirts, and aloof, hands-in-the-pockets pose.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2013 17:23:54 GMT
You know what? I took a whole bunch of pictures of Ganesha 2012 and never made a report about it. Actually, I wanted to do a number of "photo collage" operations with PhotoBucket and at precisely that moment, they eliminated that function. But I am holding onto the photos just in case.
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Post by nycgirl on May 10, 2013 1:58:43 GMT
Photobucket is starting to tick me off.
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