Archive for Festival & Culture
September 1, 2007 at 4:10 pm · Filed under Festival & Culture
If you’re looking for something to do this Labor Day weekend, head down to Morgan City, Louisiana for the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival!
Deep in the heart of Cajun Contry, every Labor Day Weekend, tens of thousands of people celebrate at Louisiana’s oldest chartered harvest festival. The festival has been honoring those who have worked tirelessly through rain and shine…and sometimes even hurricanes, to provide the area’s economic lifeblood for over half a century.
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Original post by Miss Cellania
August 30, 2007 at 9:25 am · Filed under Travel & Places, Pictures, Festival & Culture
Photo: John D. McHugh
Here’s a fantastic photoessay from Time Magazine, titled The World’s Wackiest Holiday, featuring such gems as Scotland’s Up Helly-Aa Viking festival (above), Summer Redneck Games, Spain’s Tomatina tomato fight, Japan’s Naked Festival, Thailand’s Monkey Buffet, and many more!
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Original post by Alex
August 30, 2007 at 12:00 am · Filed under Festival & Culture, Odd News, Followup
There was a confusion about who exactly was the Miss South Carolina in the clip that went ’round the Net a couple of days ago.
Apparently, there were two Laurens - both are very pretty, but that’s where the similarity ends. There’s Lauren Caitlin Upton, the Miss South Carolina/Internet sensation who came up with the less-than-brilliant answer at the Miss Teen USA Pageant. And then there’s Lauren Elizabeth Lytle, who is the Miss South Carolina Outstanding Teen and by all measures, a very smart and able girl as well.
Neatorama reader JOwens, Lauren Lytle’s aunt, told us that her niece is getting a lot of bad publicity because people mistakenly thought she was the one:
She’s getting a lot of negative feedback regarding the “other” Miss SC Teen USA which is not affiliated with the Miss America Organization - there is a BIG difference. You should grab her on-stage interview question where […]
Original post by Alex
August 21, 2007 at 12:50 pm · Filed under Art, Festival & Culture
Once a year in Japan, a 24-hour televised charity event is held and the funds raised are sent out to various charities. This is one of the shows from the event, its the “Senju Kannon”, the 1000-hand goddess of mercy. It’s amazing.
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Original post by onelargeprawn
August 19, 2007 at 9:41 am · Filed under Travel & Places, Pictures, Fashion, Festival & Culture
Last month, the streets of San Francisco saw its share of robot mayhem with the 2007 Cardboard Robot Rumble!
The Cardboard Robot Rumble began at Mission Dolores Park. After scoping out territory within the Mission, the two cardboard robot armies (Valencia v. Mission) clashed on Clarion Alley. The humans eventually rose up against the robot overlords and the day was saved.
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Original post by Alex
August 19, 2007 at 3:36 am · Filed under Festival & Culture
You may remember the bottle dance sequence from the movie Fiddler on the Roof. Bottle Dancers USA is a professional troupe who will perform the bottle dance or other traditional Jewish, Hebrew, Yiddish, or Klezmer dances at your wedding, bar mitzvah, or other special occasion. They even have a routine where they carry the guest of honor in on their shoulders! Link -via J-Walk Blog
Original post by Miss Cellania
July 28, 2007 at 9:30 am · Filed under Festival & Culture
We’ve seen the Miss Klingon Empire and Miss Jumbo Queen before - here is a list of other unusual beauty pageants at Suburban Turmoil: Link
And yes, the photo to the left is from Miss Hell Hole Swamp in Jamestown, South Carolina.
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