Arattupuzha Pooram, Getting Elephants Ready
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Arattupuzha is a culturally significant village located in Thrissur district of Kerala in southern India, and is home to the annual Arattupuzha Pooram that stages the grand spectacle of scores of caparisoned elephants lined up in a row to the accompaniment of ethnic percussion concerts. Here they are putting on the ornamental coverings getting the elephants ready for this grand-daddy of all Poorams.
This is the first night of the Arattupuzha Pooram with about 9 elephants, on the following night of t...
Thousand of people and many elephants, nearing the end of this event in the early morning hours there...
This colourful festival attracts spectators from all parts of the state. The ceremonial processions o...
At midnight the Arattupuzha Pooram fireworks show start, these fierworks are so close that small piec...
Elephants being bathed along the banks of the Karuvannur river getting ready for the Arattupuzha Poor...
After being here for the past 7 hours standing around shooting photos and enjoying this large event w...
They are getting the elephants ready here behind the Peruvanam Mahadeva Temple for the Pooram tonight...
This festival has about 20 well decorated elephants in it. Once you go through the temple gates most ...
Here at the Peruvanam Mahadeva Temple Pooram they are getting ready for this event as the musicians a...
Once you go through the temple gates most of this place is illuminated with torches and thousand of c...
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Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.
I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.
The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.
China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.
Text by Steve Smith.
