Around the World in 30 Colors
Mon, Dec 8, 2008
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Colors of Asia
1. India is often associated with vibrant colors. Their market stalls are always teeming with brightly colored powders for use in food and clothing, and once a year they celebrate their love of color during the spring Festival of Color, known as Holi. The festivities take place around March 21, beginning with the burning of an effigy of the demoness Holika. On the second day everyone across the country dresses in white before throwing colored powder and water on each other, a tradition that was once medicinal as the powders were made from certain herbs, but now it seems to be just one massive powder fight.
marco bellucci
2. The photographer hasn’t said exactly what these pots of color are being used for but it could very well be to paint a Tibetan masterpiece. Tibetan art is very colorful and includes lots of bright primary colors as well as pastel shades.
PePandora
3. India is very often a mix of decadence and decay. Colored building and boats line the polluted Ganges, rubbish lies all around, yet still there is beauty everywhere. This image captures all that is incredible about India in one shutter snap.
utpal
4. Pottery in India is big business, especially terracotta pots. Here dozens are seen haphazardly piled on a market stall in Jaipur. Handling clay is innate to many Indians, for centuries they have been creating deities from clay and now have pottery making down to a fine art.
mckaysavage
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5. The early morning sun highlights the colors of these worshipper’s robes during a visit to one of India’s most famous mausoleums, the Taj Mahal.
superamit
6. Teapots sit steaming on the coals in front in a tea shop in Bahrain. Tea houses line the streets of Bahrain and are important meeting places and social hotspots, mainly for men though. Tea drinking is one of the leading ‘things to do’ in the Persian countries, with Iran boasting the highest tea consumption rates per capita.
Hussain Isa
7. Bangles, dozens of them, are synonymous with India. They have great social, cultural and religious significance in the country, and are seen as the epitome of feminine grace. In Hinduism particularly, bangles are considered essential as it’s regarded as improper for women to be bare armed.
mckaysavage
8. Some photographers have the knack of getting the right image at the right time, and this is a perfect example. Women going about their daily business seem none too pleased to have been caught unawares, though.
Joe Panchasarp
9. All we know about these madly colored buildings is that they are in China somewhere, possibly. High rises are commonplace all over the country so it’s a nice change to see a splash of color in the built-up areas. Although, not sure they’d be the prettiest things to wake up to every day.
colin quek
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Colors is life!
December 9th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Great pics!
I was a little surprised you didn’t include Caminito in Buenos Aires, Argentina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Buenos_Aires_-_La_Boca_-_Caminito_-_200807i.jpg
or Murano, Italy where they do glass-blowing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Murano-view.jpg
I’ve been to both of these places and they were truly amazing!!
December 9th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I have seen the image of the lake before (#7) Although I dont remember the exact source. I believe it was a hot spring, the color comes from all the sulfur in the water. Maybe it was Yellowstone National Park if I’m not mistaken. You may want to do some more research. Beautiful!
December 9th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
#7 is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park in America.
December 9th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
The colorful pool is the Morning Glory Pool in Yellowstone park. Though I had no luck finding the photographer, I did a Virgilio Vallecera who posted a wallpaper of the image.
December 9th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Poop…I forgot to add the word “find” to my last post – “I did FIND a Virgilio Vallecera…”
December 9th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Yellow seems to be a common color no matter where you are.
December 9th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
The unknown photo is of “Morning Glory”, a thermal pool at Yellowstone National Park. No clue who the photographer is though.
December 10th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Photo Number 9 is in Singapore NOT China (Singapore is not a part of a village in China if you’re wondering). Its at Rochor Road.
December 10th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Love it! Too often we forget to just soak in the beauty that’s all around us.
December 10th, 2008 at 3:23 am
I really enjoy seeing a variety of colors.
Although I noticed that some communities are careful
with color freedom.
thanks from tony
December 10th, 2008 at 4:48 am
Thank you for sharing these great photographs and–especially–your informative and thought-provoking words.
Best wishes. Roger
December 10th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Some wonderfully colourful shots here. I’m honoured to have mine among them.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Thank you, Steve for allowing your image to be used under CC. Without guys like you we wouldn’t be able to produce posts like these at all!
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:53 am
I miss the coloured houses in Caminito (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
December 17th, 2008 at 3:40 am
I love colour, so this was great! I’m with “LBNA” and surprised that LaBoca in Buenos Aires, Argentina isn’t in this “colourful” post.