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Post by rikita on Mar 4, 2010 21:51:54 GMT
Sorry to disappoint you kerouac - while I obviously was the queen of the carnival, no one took a picture of me. Those here were in fact the last pictures, now you have to wait till the next carnival, maybe I take some more pictures then...
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2010 22:00:39 GMT
Aaaaccckkk ~~ say it's not over!
ALSO -- I hope people realize that the final photos are posted on the previous page. It would be a crime to miss them -- you really outdid yourself. The bold colors and fragile downiness of the feathers, you genius in teaming the flutter of hot pink translucent flags with the almost 50s b&w, and the brilliantly framed shot of the crowd teetering on the curb with their sharp shadows in front of them .......... damn!
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Post by rikita on May 24, 2010 21:56:00 GMT
thanks bixa...
well, there was another carnival last weekend - though it'll be a while until i edited and uploaded the photos (at my current pace, a few months at least).
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Post by rikita on May 23, 2011 14:30:14 GMT
finally uploaded last years carnival pictures - here are some: Balloons floating over Berlin: not sure anymore where this group was from, might have been poland: This was probably one of the samba-groups or similar:
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Post by mich64 on May 23, 2011 16:30:14 GMT
Beautiful make-up on the Polish ladies. Nice photos Rikita! Your photos are so bright, the blues, greens and reds seem so brillant. I also find it interesting that you can take a photo and capture the texture of fabric, outstanding talent. Cheers, Mich
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Post by komsomol on May 23, 2011 21:31:36 GMT
The balloon photo is great.
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Post by rikita on May 26, 2011 20:07:19 GMT
thanks! glad you like them, mich64 and komsomol! here are some more... This little boy seemed a bit bored as his family was participating in the carneval, but had to wait quite a while before it was their turn (the parade is very long) Not sure if this group is from India, Bangladesh, or which country - either way, the woman seems to be having fun... I thought at first this woman is from a Bolivian group but just noticed the flag has the colours the wrong way around for that - so maybe it is a group from one of the african countries that have these colours in their flags (forgot which ones they are)...
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Post by rikita on May 30, 2011 21:03:54 GMT
I like how just one of the girls is looking at hte camera: Of course the carneval is very much a family thing (from a flamenco group): I wonder how heavy the hat is:
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2011 21:12:49 GMT
Heavy enough to make him sweat!
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Post by rikita on May 31, 2011 12:58:53 GMT
A girl in blue: and a tall person in a dress:
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Post by bixaorellana on May 31, 2011 12:59:17 GMT
As always, Rikita, I am completely blown away by your pictures. Beyond the enjoyment the photos give me, I always study your pictures for what I can learn about composition, contrast, etc.
Almost missed seeing this new group. *note to self: look further down in an open board*
Yeah, the hat must be heavy and hot, but the striped guy behind hat guy seems to be clad in plastic! He must have melted.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 31, 2011 13:01:31 GMT
Simul-posting!
The blue people are wonderful and you got fabulous gesture and movement in the pictures.
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Post by bjd on May 31, 2011 13:06:11 GMT
Great pictures as always, Rikita. Does every group have its own music, or are there separate bands and loudspeakers?
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Post by rikita on May 31, 2011 19:46:47 GMT
thanks...
yeah there were people dressed in plastic - that is, not so much dressed, as carrying strange plastic dome-like thingies...
yes, every group has their own music - usually playing from a car (or very decorated truck), or sometimes there are people wiht drums or similar instruments walking with the group... it is sometimes funny when two groups get too close and the music collides...
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Post by rikita on Jun 11, 2011 21:58:52 GMT
another very tall person: the average berliner... the dancers are usually the ones who get noticed, but the people organising, driving the cars, or even just doing all kinds of helping jobs are important too:
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Post by rikita on Jun 11, 2011 22:01:36 GMT
it's carneval again, but i am not sure if i will go see it this year. somehow i feel quite tired and all...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 12, 2011 15:55:15 GMT
Are many of these dancers/marchers/performers gay, transgendered or transvestites? Hard to imagine "real men" dressing up like this!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2011 16:15:30 GMT
Carnival people are almost always among the most extravagant and eccentric, and that's probably as it should be. I say bravo to them, because they interest and entertain those of us with totally ordinary lives.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 12, 2011 18:08:41 GMT
Wonderful, Rikita. I hope you feel livelier soon ~~ for your own sake, not just my greed for more of your pictures.
I totally love that last picture, with the crouching worker. It instantly became one of my favorites of your photos.
Well, gay men are real men. Also, committed, good entertainers in general have an uninhibited exuberance that splashes out of the sedate confines of everyday life for our benefit. Think of Lucile Ball and Josephine Baker -- both beautiful women who clowned, crossed their eyes, did pratfalls, etc. to provide the world with laughter.
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Post by tod2 on Jun 12, 2011 18:22:27 GMT
Rikita I hope you feel more energetic soon as your photos are just too fantastic! Discussing different cultures witһ people of another country can help give you an ideа of hoω dіfferent үour οwn countгy іs from other places.
Most people in the world don't know that South Africa has 11 official languages - that almost means as many cultures! Just a little anecdote from the Zulu culture and tradition still carried out today (but fading as western customs become dominant) is the handing of something....a letter, piece paper, cup of tea , whatever - The Zulu man or woman presents it to the other person with arm outstretched but at the same time sliding the other hand up the outstretched arm from the wrist to the elbow in one swift movement. ( on the edge of the hand as if scooping air towards themselves) This is to show you there is no dagger or knife concealed so you are safe to accept whatever it is they are giving you. This is done regardless of whether the arm is covered or bare.
I find it quite quaint , especially when the mail arrives and is brought to the office!
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Post by Kimby on Jun 12, 2011 18:32:30 GMT
Well, gay men are real men. Also, committed, good entertainers in general have an uninhibited exuberance that splashes out of the sedate confines of everyday life for our benefit. I sure didn't mean to offend any demographic, bixa. It's just that surrounded by cowboys and loggers around here, I can't imagine any of them dressing up for a parade, except maybe changing to a clean shirt.
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Post by rikita on Jun 12, 2011 20:44:29 GMT
well, i think in those countries where carnival is a tradition, it is very much about breaking the rules, being crazy, doing something you would never do otherwise... a lot of men especially in the brazilian groups dress up as women, btw, and i think for many of them, that is basically a carnival thing. we had classes offered at university about the topic of carnival, in literature and the meaning in culture... though i didn't take any of them, but it would have been interesting.
btw, i did go today, though only for a little while...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 12, 2011 21:25:42 GMT
Looking forward to the pictures, riki
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Post by rikita on Jun 13, 2011 10:43:22 GMT
well these are still from last year - will take a while to upload the ones from this year... this is a good friend of mine, who is part of one of the peruvian groups. a bagpipe player, not sure what group he is from, but someone told me that in pakistan in india the scottish "imported" bag pipes, so maybe he is from one of those... and a mother wiht her daughter from one of the peruvian or bolivian groups - there are often children participating i nthe groups, it is very much a family thing - though for some kids the many hours the parade takes in the end get a bit boring/exhausting, but in the beginning they are usually very excited...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 13, 2011 14:40:03 GMT
Nice, riki. (Your peruvian friend has stunning cleavage. Just pointing it out so mark doesn't have to.)
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Post by onlymark on Jun 13, 2011 15:48:06 GMT
I was focussing on the embroidery.
Honest.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 13, 2011 16:35:36 GMT
Right. You were envying the gecko, I'll bet!
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Post by rikita on Jun 26, 2011 14:32:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2011 15:48:07 GMT
Excellent. Paris is having a cheesy carnival next Sunday, but I currrently have no plans to see it. There is no tradition of carnivals in this city.
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Post by bjd on Jun 26, 2011 16:57:04 GMT
No, but you had the Love Parade/Gay Pride yesterday.
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