Archive for the ‘Cultural events’ Category
LA Celebrates Year of the Dragon
When traveling, I’m excited to see parades and festivals, yet when at home, I generally stay as far away from them as I can — hassle and crowds. But in the last few years I figured, that’s not right. Why not view your own city as a tourist might? So last Saturday I went [...]
Filed under: Chinese new year, Colors, Cultural events, Parades, People photos, Southern Cal | 4 Comments
Tags: parades, photography
And a perfect day for a parade. The word parade usually makes me think of massive crowds and nightmarish traffic jams, but I’ve always been fond of the New Year’s Day Rose Parade, having watched it on TV for many years as a kid. I only discovered last year that you can actually enjoy all the [...]
Filed under: Cultural events, Parades, Southern Cal | 14 Comments
Tags: photography, rose parade
Thank you again so much for all your nice comments on the last post. It also makes me really happy that many of you are responding to not just the photos, but to the meaning of this cultural event, because I too was very touched and charmed by it. And today is the actual day. [...]
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Tags: dia de los muertos, photography
Lucky for those of us who live in Los Angeles, there’s a large Mexican-American community here, and so we were able to partake in a storied and colorful Mexican holiday last weekend — Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), which actually falls on November 1/All Saints’ Day and November 2/All Souls’ Day. It dates [...]
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Tags: dia de los muertos, photography
