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Color the Skies →  February 10, 2010

You look up at the sky and are amazed to see that it is no more blue!!! What you see is colors – red blue pink orange.. or should I say you see the color palette. If you happen to visit Jaipur (capital city of Rajasthan – India) you can be a spectator to such [...]

Wall-breaking tears →  January 25, 2010

5000 kilometers long and more than 2000 years old the Great Wall of China is a symbol of spirit of the Chinese nation. MIllions of workers were drafted to build the Wall throughout the rule of different dynasties. For thousands of them The Great Wall became their greave. According to a folk legend, 400 kilometers of the [...]

Tanabata. Japanese Star Festival →  June 29, 2009

Tanabata is a colorful Japanese festival celebrating the meeting of two stars Vega (Orihime) and Altair (Hikoboshi) once a year on 7th of July.  There is a Love Story behind the festival. The legend tells about a cowherd Hikoboshi and a weaving girl Orihime who leaved in different sides of the heaven Amanogawa River (Milky Way). [...]

Ganjitsu. Japanese New Year. →  November 16, 2008

New Year in Japan is a public celebration and a spiritual festival. On this day japanese make a symbolic first visit in a new year to a Shinto shrine or to a Buddhist temple. Many people want to be the first to meet rising sun in a shrine surroundings.  Burning amulets of the last year [...]