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Posted on December 24, 2005 @ 10:31 am by massimo | Filed under: africa, blog, fun, wordpress

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Christmas is becoming increasingly popular in Asia. Natives usually care very little or nothing at all, about it.
It’s the crowd of western expats and tourists that makes Christmas Holidays a huge business in Bangkok, Manila, Kuala Lumpur and…Singapore. Homesick tourists go shopping in Orchard Road, the extra manicured commercial hub; jingle bells in the air and gorgeous light-up, make them feel perfectly at home. I believe the enterprising Singaporeans, despite the hot climate, will soon find out to way of getting snow from Heaven to improve the effect!
In the Philippines, Catholicism is the state religion. This is due to the long Spanish domination and makes the Philippines an oddity in Asia. Just consider Europe for a while: can you imagine Ireland (for instance) as the sole European country where people worship Buddha (for instance) since four hundred years? Hum…
So strange is the Pilipino Christmas, deeply and sincerely rooted in people hearts, but for some reason, unusual because the habits, the climate, the food …
Anyway I had my most hilarious Christmas Holidays in Kenya. People here are mainly dirty-poor but always ready to celebrate. The Christmas tree I came across near Mombasa was brilliantly innovative and happy: amazingly, it made me feel at home somehow…

Illustration Friday’s topic is holidays

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Thanks for popping by my blog!

Wonderful colour and shade contrasts you have here. And a fun interpretation of holiday too.

Caroline wrote on December 24, 2005 - 5:25 pm CET

I wish you and all the Aynaku community a very merry Christmas!

michelem wrote on December 25, 2005 - 4:13 am CET

Merry Christmas. I especially enjoyed the essay on Paskong Pinoy.

As a native American, I can relate to adulteration, acculturation, diffusionism and assimilation. (and all those shades between.)

My hope is that in the end, all that’s good on our planet doesn’t end up lost, swallowed up by those cultures who happen to have access to more resources and technology.

There’s nothing sadder than seeing a proud tribesman, in the heart of Africa, wearing a pair of Nikes, or his wives wearing bras because the missionaries have taught them that breasts are secondary genitalia.

oy, and here i rant!

Bless you and your family.

love,
cat

catnapping wrote on December 25, 2005 - 7:40 pm CET

I enjoyed your writing and Paskong Pinoy essay! Your illustration is a breath of fresh air and I love the uniqueness of the trees :)

Anonymous wrote on December 27, 2005 - 9:32 am CET

Thank you for the comment. Most of my things start out as pencil sketches that I scan into my computer. Then I can manipulate the sketches, which usually just means adding a splash of color.

The face and the sunrise were originally photographs. In fact, the sunrise image started out as a photograph of my floor. It was uninteresting, so I messed around with it, and eventualy it became a sunset.

Oh, by the way, it’s that’s a lovely image you have. I know it’s digital, but what exactly did you use to make it?

if she wants me wrote on December 27, 2005 - 11:17 pm CET

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