This display seemed to magically appear overnight on a nearby street corner. It is obviously telling a Hindu story about the gods. The actual structure is made of stick scaffolding tied together with rope and then covered with yards of starched cloth.
The tricycle is how many of the goods are delivered throughout the city. The one in the above picture is a very high end model that is powered by a tiny chain-saw type motor. Most that you see are human powered and look like they have seen better days.
We are greeted every morning with a new Kolam in front of our neighbor's door. This is one of the first things the Hindu women do in the morning by first washing the entryway down then creating a geometric design with rice flour that they apply by letting it fall in a controlled fashion from their hand, which they execute with amazing speed. I understand this is done to invite the god of prosperity into their house.
The tricycle is how many of the goods are delivered throughout the city. The one in the above picture is a very high end model that is powered by a tiny chain-saw type motor. Most that you see are human powered and look like they have seen better days. We are greeted every morning with a new Kolam in front of our neighbor's door. This is one of the first things the Hindu women do in the morning by first washing the entryway down then creating a geometric design with rice flour that they apply by letting it fall in a controlled fashion from their hand, which they execute with amazing speed. I understand this is done to invite the god of prosperity into their house.
The Kolam is such a beautiful ephemera.
ReplyDeleteSeeing Shiva there reminds me I wanted to recommend "the Brothers K" to you to read. The books is indeed long, but a depiction of the Maha Barata using more current time and culture settings for the tale...Pacific Northwest 1950-70's. It helps the western mind wrap around the tale, tho sorta abbreviated. The writer was brilliant.
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