Pre-opening the Taipei Deaflympics
A few months ago, the IOC-sanctioned Deaflympics made its first trip to Asia with Taipei hosting the 2009 summer games. Excluding the Olympics themselves, the Deaflympics are the longest running multi-sport event in the world, having been held every four years since 1924 when the first games were held in Paris. For Taiwan, it marked [...]
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is held on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. The festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC-278 BC) of the Warring States Period. He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, [...]
Urban Nomad featuring Bob Log III
The Urban Nomad film festival is once again on in Taipei and they kicked things off with a party on April 25th. With some short films to start, the highlight of the night was a performance by one man band Bob Log III, playing his version of delta blues. More after the jump. Tomorrow, being [...]
Cosplay @ Huashan
Comic book characters and other elements of fantasy descended on Huashan Culture Park in Taipei, Taiwan on April 18th for a comic book convention. Many came out dressed as their favorite characters in what was seemingly a World War II Europe type theme. For those of you unfamiliar with cosplay, take a look at this [...]
Mazu Madness
Fireworks madness from the Mazu Festival. Don’t forget to take a look at previous posts detailing the origins of the Mazu Pilgrimage and images from the first 2 days of this years festival. Also, check out the complete gallery of Mazu images from which these few highlights are taken.
2008 Mazu Pilgrimage Festival
Saturday April 5th saw the start of the 2008 Mazu Pilgrimage. Among the many gods and goddesses worshipped in Taiwan, Mazu, the Goddess of the Sea is perhaps the most revered. Every year, in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar, the Dajia Mazu, which is housed at the Zhenlan temple, is taken out on [...]
Slideshows with Music – new feature
Been experimenting with some slideshows of photos with some background music. I’m not sure how well it works, so think of this as a test case. The photos are all from the 2007 Mazu Festival in Dajia that I blogged about earlier in the year. Let me know what you think of the slideshow.
Akash @ 2007 Open Air Arts Festival
Last weekend saw the 2007 Open Air International Arts Festival descend on Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, now renamed Democracy Memorial Hall. I saw a couple of performers through the day, although it seemed to be a little disorganized. A lot of time was spent waiting for things to happen, although there were lots of people [...]
Daniel Pearl World Music Day, Taipei, Taiwan
The Daniel Pearl World Music Days was created in response to the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl at the hands of extremists in Karachi, Pakistan. Danny’s family and friends came together to work towards a more humane world, forming the Daniel Pearl Foundation, whose mission is to promote cross-cultural [...]
2007 Taipei Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is held on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. The festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC-278 BC) of the Warring States Period. He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, [...]
Dajia Mazu Festival 2007
Among the many gods and goddesses worshipped in Taiwan, Mazu, the Goddess of the Sea is perhaps the most revered. Every year, in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar, the Dajia Mazu, which is housed at the Zhenlan temple, is taken out on a pilgrimage lasting 8 days and covering 300km.
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