Saturday, November 20, 2021

Cambodia Water Festival (Bon Om Touk) 2021 Photos

Cambodia Water Festival (Bon Om Touk), History, Facts, 2021 Photos, images Gallery.






Cambodia has a plethora of attractions and activities available throughout all year, but in November each year, the Bon Om Touk or Water Festival, which shuts down the town and opens the rivers to a spectacular spectacle, is the absolute peak of festivals.


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The Water Festival is the most festive festival in Cambodia, people from all over the country gather in Phnom Penh to see the boat race, the illuminated boats and the fireworks. The city is filled with people, food stands and live concerts.


The Water Festival is a 3-day long festival that occurs in November. All three days there will be boat races on the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh with colorfully decorated boats that hold 40 rowers.The final of the boat race will be held in the afternoon of the last day.





History of Cambodia Water Festival (Bon Om Touk).



Cambodia’s Water Festival takes place around October — November every year and officially marks the end of the rainy season. 

According to historians, the Cambodian Water Festival began during the reign of King Jayavarman VII in the 12th century. At this time many battles were fought and won on the Mekong and Tonle Sap lakes. The Angkorian Empire was renowned for its might on the water facing off against rivals like the Chams and Siams.

The festival was a way to please and entertain the water gods helping to secure bountiful rice harvests in the coming season.

Ancient Angkorian Kings also used the water festival to show off military might and prepare powerful navies for battle. It was the perfect time to check the training and fighting skills of their naval warriors.

During our temple tours, you’ll see ancient carvings depicting boat races and naval battles. The boats we currently use during the festival still match the ones used hundreds of years ago.




















Monday, November 1, 2021

2021 Mexico City celebrates, Gives Life, Day of Dead parade, Photos

La Catrina 2021: Day to Remember & celebrates, Mexico City wear colorful costumes on Day of Dead parade, Pictures, Images Gallery.






Giant skeletons, colourful costumes, mariachi music and dancers filled downtown Mexico City yesterday as the Day of the Dead parade returned for the first time since the pandemic began.


Thousands of people, including locals and tourists, lined the route through the capital for a glimpse of the procession, which was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus.


"La Catrina", a skeletal representation of death that has become a symbol of one of Mexico's most important festivals.


The dancers and floats paid tribute to Mexican culture and tradition, from street food vendors to authors, icons of cinema and the painter Frida Kahlo.


With its bright colors and cartoonish skeleton costumes, the Day of the Dead has become an internationally recognised symbol of Mexican culture.


From 1-2 November, people across the country normally deck their homes, streets and relatives' graves with flowers, candles and colourful skulls.


The festival, which in 2003 was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, centres around the belief that the living and the dead can commune during the brief period.

First held in 2016, it was inspired by the opening scene of the 2015 James Bond movie 'Spectre'.



Dia de los Muertos 2021:  Mexico City comes alive for Day of Dead parade, in Pictures, Images, gallery:



 By tradition, the Day of the Dead was centered around the Christian holidays of All Saints Day, Nov. 1, and All Souls Day, Nov. 2. But in practice, the celebration now lasts weeks – marked with sugary pan de muerto, face-painting, parties, and giant painted skulls displayed around the Mexican capital.


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Mexico City-Day of Dead parade, Source- EPA PIC

Mexico City-Day of Dead parade, Source- EPA PIC

Mexico City-Day of Dead parade, Source- EPA PIC

Mexico City-Day of Dead parade, Source- EPA PIC

Mexico City-Day of Dead parade, Source- EPA PIC

Mexico City-Day of Dead parade, Source- EPA PIC


Mexico City-Day of Dead parade, Source- AFP Photo


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By Art D’Egypte Forever is Now’ Exhibits, sculptures at Giza Pyramids, Photos

Art D’Egypte, ‘Forever is Now’ Exhibition by World artists 2021, New sculptures at Giza Pyramids, Images, Gallery.





In what was a truly global event, Art D’Egypte lifted the veil on its most ambitious exhibition yet, one that placed unique, original contemporary art against the Great Pyramids of Giza.


 Art D'Egypte’s 'Forever is Now' exhibit will host 10 of the most prolific contemporary artists at the Great Pyramids of Giza,  

The 4th international exhibition “Forever is Now” will take place at the Pyramids field from 21 October to 17 November 2021..


 Organised by Art D’Egypte, ‘Forever is Now’ is a show of epic proportions by the Giza Pyramids. But it would not have been possible without a plan from Cairo-based design firm Hany Saad Innovations.



 For the first time in recorded history, artists from around the world have come together to celebrate our shared humanity and cultural heritage with a larger-than-life contemporary art exhibition in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza, the sole surviving wonder of the ancient world. 


Organised by Cairo-based Art D’Egypte - known for putting together some of the biggest exhibitions in Egypt at some of the nation’s most historic sites - the ‘Forever is Now’ exhibit looks to initiate a dialogue between modern art and Ancient Egypt’s legacy. 




Art D’Egypte 'Forever is Now’ Exhibits - Social media

Art D’Egypte 'Forever is Now’ Exhibits - Social media


Sultan Bin Fahd | RIII  

Art D’Egypte 'Forever is Now’ - Shuster + Moseley

Lorenzo Quinn

Alexander Ponomarev | Ouroboros

Moataz Nasr | Barzakh

Joao Trevisan | Body That Rises

Shuster + Moseley | (Plan of the Path of Light) In the House of Hidden Places


Stephen Cox Ra | Interior Space: Khafre

JR | Greetings From Giza

Gisela Colon | Eternity is Now

Lita Albuquerque - with her work Sol Star

Sherin Guirguis | Here Have I Returned




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