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Aceh street scenes...

Mosque4

Work has kept me too busy to post much these days but there is a lot to tell which I will try to do in bits and pieces when I can.  For now, I managed to catch some street scenes around Aceh (well only around the big mosque).  I think the black/white simplicity of the Aceh mosques are beautiful although the tops do look like giant chocolate kisses to me.  It is said that the mosques levitated during the tsunami allowing them to remain in tact, the beginning of tsunami folklore that will be re-told hundreds of years from now.

More pictures in Aceh Mosque Album.

Deepavali in Singapore

F_manwdiety

On our way to Aceh we had to stop in Singapore to get our Indonesian visas and it gave me a chance to visit old friends, eat food I've missed and show G a bit more of the city I lived in for so many years.  Our 10 day visit coincided with Deepavali so we went to little India with my good friend Guru for a personal guide to the celebration.  The streets were decorated with lights, the streets were crowded with festivities and people thronged to the temple to pray.  Once inside the temple the atmosphere was serene, scented with burning incense, fruits and flower offerings worshipers made to the multiple  deities idolized in the Hindu culture.

More pictures in Deepavali Album.