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Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
23 December 2016
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26 April 2015
Christmas pageant - Fontcoberta, Spain (2011)
The town of Fontcoberta, near Banyoles in Spain, hosts a live Nativity pageant. The audience walks through the old town to see different vignettes.
07 February 2011
Year of the Rabbit
Some months have passed since I returned home from China, and during that time two New Years' celebrations took place.
First, a small gathering of friends celebrated the Western New Year in my home on December 31. We had yummy cocktails (thanks to Danni D.), a generous helping of sparklers (one of the few legal fireworks in Oregon), and a surprise appearance by a bottle of Moutai.
Darrell received a bottle of the well-known baijiu from two Chinese grad students a couple of years ago. It was the same brand served to us on the Horner Exchange. Baijiu is called a liquor but "moonshine" is closer to the truth. Naturally we indulged in a few rounds of toasts and cheers, but champagne is still our drink of choice for New Year's.
Second, in early February, JW and I celebrated Chinese New Year at Portland's Lan Su Garden. Quiet, with only the tiniest signs of Spring -- an edgeworthia with a few open blossoms, daphne buds with a hint of pink showing -- the garden was decorated everywhere with red lanterns.
In addition to the traditional lanterns, a display from HiiH Gallery graced one room.
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| foto by Kim V. |
Darrell received a bottle of the well-known baijiu from two Chinese grad students a couple of years ago. It was the same brand served to us on the Horner Exchange. Baijiu is called a liquor but "moonshine" is closer to the truth. Naturally we indulged in a few rounds of toasts and cheers, but champagne is still our drink of choice for New Year's.
Second, in early February, JW and I celebrated Chinese New Year at Portland's Lan Su Garden. Quiet, with only the tiniest signs of Spring -- an edgeworthia with a few open blossoms, daphne buds with a hint of pink showing -- the garden was decorated everywhere with red lanterns.
In addition to the traditional lanterns, a display from HiiH Gallery graced one room.
30 October 2010
Happy Halloween
Halloween so far in China has consisted of one department store display, accompanied by a Chimpunks-esque (with schoolgirl voices) rendition of The Monster Mash piped through the PA system. And two little kids in costumes. Though maybe those two kids just like to play dress up. Hard to tell.
The new money interest in all things American hasn't quite embraced Halloween, likely because Chinese culture does not make light of the dead, believing that unnecessary discussion of the topic might invite death to visit.
So, while my friends are carving pumpkins, I am eating them stuffed with mushrooms and pork neck.
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