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| Direct Swap, Sender: Meylinda from Hong Kong Sent: 19 Sep 2012, Traveled 1,129 km |
Although I don't totally agree with seeing these children in what seems to be heavy facial make-up, it appears that it is part of the over-all traditional costume. The back of this card reads:
Cheung Chau Island Bun Festival. The children in the procession are the stars of the Bun Festival. Aged between five and eight, they are supported on frames and carried shoulder-high throughout the whole parade to create an elaborate, often whimsical tableau, often representing characters in history or mythology.
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| BY-691110, Sent by Marina from Minsk, Belarus Sent: 1 Dec 2012, Traveled 8,926 km in 61 days |
Despite my increasingly overwhelming tasks at work and frequent business trips, one of the reasons why I keep on writing about my postcards collection is the mix of emotions I get whenever I review my postcards album. Just like with this postcard, it's kind of hard to believe that it took 2 months to reach me! Wow! Having moved to Singapore, the postcards I receive normally traveled only for a week or two. I don't understand why most of my received postcards, while I was still in the Philippines, seem like they traveled forever to reach me when my home is less than 30 minutes by car from the post office ... well, okay, fair enough, perhaps the postman is always stuck in heavy traffic!
Moving on, this postcard shows the celebration of the Day of Belarusian Written Language in Kamenets. I didn't have the chance to find out on what year this took place. For this year, this festival will take place in Polotsk. Belarus is celebrating 500th Anniversary of the Belarusian Book Printing this year, 2017. More information on this festival can be found here: http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/culture/den_bel_pism_en
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| SI-52097, Sender: Emil from eastern Slovenia Sent: 20 Jan 2012, Traveled 9,938 km in 14 days |
I'm quite pleased with the assortment of postcards I found for the theme this weekend: featuring children, to grown-ups, to animated creatures. This third and last postcard shows the Ptuj carnival called Kurentovanje. This carnival is celebrated to preserve the tradition for the ancient rite of spring. It usually lasts for a period of eleven days and consists of music and dancing, with the Kurent groups in masks with feathers and horns. I found this excellent page about the carnival, containing a detailed explanation about the masks and the costumes: http://www.slovenia.si/culture/tradition/kurents/
This theme educated me about traditional festivals that I'm sure I wouldn't have known at all if not for these postcards. Have a nice weekend everyone although it's a nay for me as I'm working both on Saturday & Sunday.
~maria
One learns so much from postcards! A nice selection, Maria.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a great theme, and I really like to receive postcards about festivals. Usually I feel curious and I look for more information about... so I learn.
ReplyDeleteBut I haven't received any of these lately, and I published postcards received long time ago.
Marvellous selection of postcards, the Slovenian spring tradition is especially fascinating. Your comment about the Hong Kong one made me think of the elaborate Chinese theatre makeup and by comparison those children are quite restrained:)
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