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Post by tod2 on Dec 7, 2015 11:20:39 GMT
The chapel sure looks spivvy Bixa. What is in Abril's bottle---Holy water? They sure go to a lot of trouble with Confirmation ..not like in my day when all we attended was three or 6 classes then wore a white dress on the day. No veil or anything. I was confirmed in the Anglican Church so it was quite low key.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 7, 2015 17:49:04 GMT
I guess some might call it holy water, Tod, but it's fire water.
Everything is different than it used to be, Tod. Children used to make first communion at around the age of seven, then confirmation at around the age of 14, I think. Now Confirmation comes first (I went to this girl's Confirmation party about a year ago), then Communion. She is just about to turn 9.
When I was confirmed, we wore graduation/choir robes. For 1st Communion it was a white, regular length dress and a little hat for girls. Can't remember for boys, but I think just a white shirt and regular slacks. When we went to Spain (mid-1950s) we were amazed at the 1st Communions there. The girls wore full length bride-type dresses and veils and the boy were dressed in white admiral-type uniforms. That tradition continues here in Mexico.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2015 17:13:20 GMT
I have Sudan TV among the possibilities on my hospital tv. Channel 44, Or Russia 24 on channel 32. Or why not Jordan Satellite on 46.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 14:05:35 GMT
my home away from home
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 17, 2015 8:18:29 GMT
Oh-- I missed seeing that great picture! It seems as though that facility should be out in that park you showed, the one with all the buildings from the long ago exposition and the non-pc bas-reliefs of tropical peoples. I went to the film at the photography center tonight, which was on Cartier-Bresson. But I got there late because, appropriately enough, I was forced to stop and take pictures on the way there. I got to the corner of my street and ran smack into a parade for Our Lady of Solitude, the patron saint of Oaxaca. These are blurry and yellow from the street lights, but kind of fun ~ NOTHING will top this! The float was going too fast for me to get a good shot, but that is supposed to be Jesus there sitting in front of the cross, all bloody and with arms outstretched. He seems to have on a super curly wig and some kind of diaper and sat with a pronounced "man spread. But the best part was that he would grin and wave to his friends in the crowd, then would put his arms back to crucified position.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2015 10:04:19 GMT
They just never run out of reasons to have parades and processions in Oaxaca, do they?
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Post by tod2 on Dec 17, 2015 12:04:20 GMT
Oh what fun! I love the way the photos feel alive with movement because of their blurr. Great snaps Bixa!
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Post by htmb on Dec 17, 2015 12:55:58 GMT
These are fantastic!
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Post by mich64 on Dec 17, 2015 13:04:02 GMT
Fabulous Bixa! It must be a wonderful place to live.
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Post by fumobici on Dec 17, 2015 16:17:23 GMT
The last two are almost perfect. I might crop the last a bit, but maybe not as well.
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Post by breeze on Dec 17, 2015 23:47:21 GMT
bixa, you just walk out your door and there on your street is a fiesta or religious procession, every time.
Mich is right. Oaxaca seems like i]the[/i] place to be.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 18, 2015 1:03:44 GMT
I keep telling y'all that!
I moved here on Mexican Independence Day -- party! On the heels of that came day of the dead -- party, party! After that was Juquila (aka the Immaculate Conception, very big here), Guadalupe, Christmas, and Three Kings. Whew! I was living downtown that first December and the city was hit by a real shaker of an earthquake -- the kind that makes the deep noise. I was asked afterward if I was scared. No, I wasn't because I thought it was just another procession passing in the street.
Thank you all so much for the kind comments. Meant to point out the Oaxacan tin work on the float with the waving Jesus.
Fumobici -- on the right hand side?
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Post by fumobici on Dec 18, 2015 2:52:04 GMT
I played around with cropping the image but couldn't improve on it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 18, 2015 3:03:10 GMT
Aw, thanks! I did crop out a section of wall -- the same striped wall that's in the preceding photo -- but couldn't straighten the picture or crop it any more without losing some of the swirling skirts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 20:39:49 GMT
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Post by htmb on Dec 19, 2015 20:51:32 GMT
A nicely energetic bunch, including some of the residents! It was interesting how the wall color and art coordinated with the outfits worn by the entertainers, too.
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Post by breeze on Dec 19, 2015 21:13:59 GMT
kerouac, did your mother enjoy it?
It makes me happy to see people responding to rhythm. That woman from Talliin is the energizer bunny. I'd like to think I'll still be able to shake a leg when I'm 99 but I doubt it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 19, 2015 21:15:26 GMT
That was great! Looks like the entertainment choice was a real winner with the residents. Loved that so many of them were game and wanted to dance. The old lady from Talinn has rhythm! Someone should get her some prettier clothes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 21:32:03 GMT
kerouac, did your mother enjoy it? My mother remained "alert" during most of the show. That's as good as it gets for her.
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Post by tod2 on Dec 21, 2015 14:39:12 GMT
That was really lively as to anything you have showed us before Kerouac. I was very amused by the old lady pulling up her dress and keeping in time to the drum! The one nearest your camera looked a bit uninterested - I couldn't make out if it was a man or a woman (white plaited hair). Their colourful outfits stole the show. Also of interest was the actual dance ritual itself, which was very high energy. So very different from the African dancers down here. Our lot seem to enter more sexual movements which I find awful and not dance related at all.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 14:50:35 GMT
The balafon player probably had the easiest job in the troupe. No, the old lady with the braids never budged one iota from that position during the entire show.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2015 9:14:57 GMT
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Post by htmb on Dec 28, 2015 17:38:26 GMT
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Post by htmb on Dec 28, 2015 17:41:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 17:45:55 GMT
Nothing says "local color" like a bowling alley.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 28, 2015 18:30:32 GMT
Sorry not to have commented earlier on the Rosa Parks station. Very nifty of the transit authorities to time the opening around Rosa Parks day, not to mention how perfect to name a public transit station after her. What is the work going on there next to the ghost of the "petite ceinture"?
Htmb, I haven't been in a bowling alley in decades, but I could actually hear the sound of one just from looking at your pictures.
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Post by htmb on Dec 28, 2015 19:32:32 GMT
I had not been in a bowling alley in almost 15 years, and even then it was under duress, but we wanted to try a family activity so everyone could participate. We went to a place that opened at least five years ago. It was clean and the clientele was a mixture of all different types of people. We ended up having a very good time. Even the oldest granddaughter, who is overly sensitive, enjoyed herself.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 19:46:36 GMT
Sorry not to have commented earlier on the Rosa Parks station. Very nifty of the transit authorities to time the opening around Rosa Parks day, not to mention how perfect to name a public transit station after her. What is the work going on there next to the ghost of the "petite ceinture"? I'm not sure what they are doing, because there is no reason for such a huge esplanade there -- unless... it is perhaps related to the plan to move the African markets of Château Rouge as well as other exotic markets. They want to create a "world" market of exotic products, and this is the area that has been mentioned as appropriate.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 28, 2015 19:54:11 GMT
That is interesting! Are the markets of Château Rouge "official", or are they ad hoc street markets? In the latter case, it would seem that some convenience for the vendors and their local clientele might be lost.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 19:59:16 GMT
Well, there is a real street market at Château Rouge that has become almost completely African, but there are also at least 50 illegal vendors clogging the whole area with their wares. They are run off by the police about 5 or 6 times a day, but that doesn't stop them. The main problem for the city is that Château Rouge has become the African market for the entire Paris metropolitan area with a totally overloaded metro station, huge traffic problems, etc. That's why they want the market to be moved to a better area with less congestion. Since more than half of the customers come from other areas anyway, it won't be a big problem to just go to a different address.
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