Well, the 2013 Phuket Vegetarian Festival finished a few days ago, too I cause got been spending a few evenings sorting out photos. I was to a greater extent than or less unaware of this festival until nigh 2005. Guess I was living inward a box. When this spider web log started inward 2006, that's when my household unit of measurement too I started to explore Phuket too the surrounding expanse a lot to a greater extent than too larn a lot to a greater extent than involved inward the local culture. And over the lastly vii years, the vegetarian festival inward detail has fascinated me. I've been at shrines before 6am, attended many street processions, watched firewalking too bladed ladder climbing, too every twelvemonth produce my best to (maybe non 100%) stick to the vegan diet too rules of the festival. For a expert introduction to the festival too links to many previous spider web log posts run across The Amazing Phuket Vegetarian Festival.
I would commonly attempt to attend at to the lowest degree 3 - 4 events during the festival, larn upward early several times to live at shrines to sentry human face upward piercing .. last year I was at Sapam, Sam Kong too Kathu shrines to a greater extent than or less 6am, but this twelvemonth I had problem to summon upward the enthusiasm of previous years. Seen equally good much? Or perchance it was the conditions - nosotros had moisture days from the fourth to the eighth October. I did wake upward early i morning, but heard the pelting too went dorsum to sleep. Also my married adult woman too I had spent a few days icon our house, too worked into the early hours of the forenoon to larn it done - slept at 2am on the tertiary too 3am on the 4th, so the thought of 5:30am alarms was non appealing! But finally the conditions changed, so I hitting the town before 7am on Oct 11th to sentry the street procession from Jui Tui shrine, likely the biggest procession too featuring many woman someone Ma Song amongst piercings too. It was a lovely sunny forenoon inward town. Took me a piece to travel inward the photography mood, but I figured out of 400 photos at that spot had to live some expert ones!
I started off trying to photograph private faces amongst a 70-300mm zoom lens, but the Jui Tui procession is so crowded, at times the pierced Ma Song too helpers were bunched tightly together too barely able to crush through the crowds along the narrow old-town roads, it was difficult to larn a picture. At times y'all simply cause got to sit down dorsum too accept inward the spectacle instead of looking at things through a viewfinder! This closed to the action, a broad angle lens is useful .. I followed the procession a footling trend onto Thalang Road too parked myself nigh the old herb shop.
(above) It's non all human face upward piercing! I wanted to attempt this twelvemonth too larn to a greater extent than pictures similar this. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Ma Song tying a string to the wrist of a small-scale shaver who is amazed at what's going on. The one-time traditions are passed on from generation to generation.
(above) Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Ma Song giving blessings to some of the older members of the Bumrungwong household unit of measurement who run the herb shop, Kopitiam eating seat too Wilai eating seat on Thalang Road. I tin alone laid about to imagine the changes these folks cause got seen inward Phuket.
(above) Houses too businesses along the procession route each twenty-four threescore minutes menses volition identify shrines exterior covered inward fruit, cups of tea, incense, candles .. Ma Song may halt at whatever shrine to bless the house, too may drinkable some tea or accept some fruit which equally far equally I tin tell, they so give to people inward the crowd. Sometimes the Ma Song travel inward the solid or store behind the shrine also.
This procession from Jui Tui seems to live never ending! Certainly took good over an threescore minutes for the parade of Ma Song to exceed by. No trend y'all tin photograph or fifty-fifty run across all of them, equally they ofttimes exceed past times several at a fourth dimension too it was really busy - lots of people similar me happy to run across the Sun too taking the gamble to run across a procession. I tin run across other people's photos of the same procession, too they cause got photos of unlike faces. And at that spot are a lot of faces to run across ...
When the bulk of the Ma Song cause got passed by, the raise of the procession is the noisy purpose ... groups of immature men behaviour statues of the emperor gods through the streets too are dependent area to a barrage of firecrackers, either thrown on the ground, or onto the statue or held higher upward them on a bamboo pole. This is my favourite purpose of the procession too I savour getting closed up! Maybe a chip equally good closed - I intend side past times side fourth dimension a human face upward mask too earplugs are needed, though I tin nation this .. If I had whatever slight apathy this twelvemonth it was blown away past times the firecrackers!
By 8:30am I was hot, sweating too covered inward pieces of firecracker! Could non remain whatever longer, I had to dash home, shower too larn opened upward the dive store .. too wished I had non been so lazy for the outset five days of the festival! OK, side past times side twelvemonth I volition live upward for it over again ... This actually IS worth waking upward early for. The Jui Tui procession was on Oct 11th, too I planned to wake upward fifty-fifty before on the twelfth to see Kathu Shrine, run across some human face upward piercing taking identify too sentry the procession travel out Kathu hamlet ... had planned to add together all that onto the same spider web log post, but it volition follow presently inward a sec spider web log post nigh the 2013 Phuket vegetarian festival. :) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
I would commonly attempt to attend at to the lowest degree 3 - 4 events during the festival, larn upward early several times to live at shrines to sentry human face upward piercing .. last year I was at Sapam, Sam Kong too Kathu shrines to a greater extent than or less 6am, but this twelvemonth I had problem to summon upward the enthusiasm of previous years. Seen equally good much? Or perchance it was the conditions - nosotros had moisture days from the fourth to the eighth October. I did wake upward early i morning, but heard the pelting too went dorsum to sleep. Also my married adult woman too I had spent a few days icon our house, too worked into the early hours of the forenoon to larn it done - slept at 2am on the tertiary too 3am on the 4th, so the thought of 5:30am alarms was non appealing! But finally the conditions changed, so I hitting the town before 7am on Oct 11th to sentry the street procession from Jui Tui shrine, likely the biggest procession too featuring many woman someone Ma Song amongst piercings too. It was a lovely sunny forenoon inward town. Took me a piece to travel inward the photography mood, but I figured out of 400 photos at that spot had to live some expert ones!
I started off trying to photograph private faces amongst a 70-300mm zoom lens, but the Jui Tui procession is so crowded, at times the pierced Ma Song too helpers were bunched tightly together too barely able to crush through the crowds along the narrow old-town roads, it was difficult to larn a picture. At times y'all simply cause got to sit down dorsum too accept inward the spectacle instead of looking at things through a viewfinder! This closed to the action, a broad angle lens is useful .. I followed the procession a footling trend onto Thalang Road too parked myself nigh the old herb shop.
(above) It's non all human face upward piercing! I wanted to attempt this twelvemonth too larn to a greater extent than pictures similar this. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Ma Song tying a string to the wrist of a small-scale shaver who is amazed at what's going on. The one-time traditions are passed on from generation to generation.
(above) Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Ma Song giving blessings to some of the older members of the Bumrungwong household unit of measurement who run the herb shop, Kopitiam eating seat too Wilai eating seat on Thalang Road. I tin alone laid about to imagine the changes these folks cause got seen inward Phuket.
(above) Houses too businesses along the procession route each twenty-four threescore minutes menses volition identify shrines exterior covered inward fruit, cups of tea, incense, candles .. Ma Song may halt at whatever shrine to bless the house, too may drinkable some tea or accept some fruit which equally far equally I tin tell, they so give to people inward the crowd. Sometimes the Ma Song travel inward the solid or store behind the shrine also.
This procession from Jui Tui seems to live never ending! Certainly took good over an threescore minutes for the parade of Ma Song to exceed by. No trend y'all tin photograph or fifty-fifty run across all of them, equally they ofttimes exceed past times several at a fourth dimension too it was really busy - lots of people similar me happy to run across the Sun too taking the gamble to run across a procession. I tin run across other people's photos of the same procession, too they cause got photos of unlike faces. And at that spot are a lot of faces to run across ...
When the bulk of the Ma Song cause got passed by, the raise of the procession is the noisy purpose ... groups of immature men behaviour statues of the emperor gods through the streets too are dependent area to a barrage of firecrackers, either thrown on the ground, or onto the statue or held higher upward them on a bamboo pole. This is my favourite purpose of the procession too I savour getting closed up! Maybe a chip equally good closed - I intend side past times side fourth dimension a human face upward mask too earplugs are needed, though I tin nation this .. If I had whatever slight apathy this twelvemonth it was blown away past times the firecrackers!
By 8:30am I was hot, sweating too covered inward pieces of firecracker! Could non remain whatever longer, I had to dash home, shower too larn opened upward the dive store .. too wished I had non been so lazy for the outset five days of the festival! OK, side past times side twelvemonth I volition live upward for it over again ... This actually IS worth waking upward early for. The Jui Tui procession was on Oct 11th, too I planned to wake upward fifty-fifty before on the twelfth to see Kathu Shrine, run across some human face upward piercing taking identify too sentry the procession travel out Kathu hamlet ... had planned to add together all that onto the same spider web log post, but it volition follow presently inward a sec spider web log post nigh the 2013 Phuket vegetarian festival. :) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com