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Some of the prettiest photos of the longest solar eclipse of the century that cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the spectacle.
In India, where an eclipse pits science against superstition, thousands took a dip in the Ganges River in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi to cleanse their souls.
In Chinese tradition, there is a story about a heavenly dog eating the sun. As the story goes, people would make noise to scare off the dog and rescue the sun. Source and photos.
As for the Lao and Thai, there is a folklore of the Luna Eclipse, I’m not sure if it also applied to the solar eclipse as well. This picture was taken at the Buddha Park the Spirit City in Laos, it’s believed that during the Luna Eclipse, the moon is being swallowed by the frog as we called it Kop Kin Deuane, loosely translated as frog eats moon, therefore when we were kid, we had to bang our pots and pans to chase the frog away. I think we would have done the same thing with the solar eclipse.
Video by Lao Avenir
Continued from Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival – Part III Cultural Program
I really don’t know who won the beauty pageant. The panel of judges were there, and it rained shortly after the Pageant, so I’m not sure if they announced the winner.
But you can be the judge, here are Ms. Asian Festival Pageant contestants…
Continued from: Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival – Part II the Parade of Nations
The cultural program began with a Hmong dance, Lub neej toj siab.
Thai Dance of Sweet Benediction.
With the word ‘Splash’ in the background, this made me think of the little mermaid.
Continued from Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival – Part I the Dragon Boat Race
The cultural program started off with the traditional dragon dance from Peaceful Dragon Academy.
This is the 10th Annual Asian Festival, so the Parade of Nations consist of representatives from many countries in Asia. The parade started with Cambodia.
Cambodia is moving past its war torn history and focusing on national reconstruction. In recent years, the country has seen double digit economic growth, and seeks foreign business investment to modernize the nation and eliminate poverty. Especially since Thailand is in political chaos, Cambodia is an alternative for business investments.
China has one of the world’s oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world’s longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as paper, the compass, gunpowder and printing.
Hmong tribe in Thailand.
India is the 7th largest country by geographical area and the 2nd most populous country in the world. Its inhabitants practice almost all major religions of the world, four of which were born there, the Vedic religion (Hinduism), Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
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