The wangchuan ceremony ( song-wang-chuan送王船）and related practices are rooted in folk customs of worshipping Ong Yah, a deity believed to protect people and their lands from disasters.
The element evokes the historical memory of ancestors’ ocean-going and honors the harmony between man and the ocean. It also bears witness to the intercultural dialogue among communities.
Reblogging this because my entire life, all of my bows have looked like my shoelaces. Wrapping presents is going to be so much more aesthetically pleasing now
There are so many of these on Pinterest, and I always pin them “for later” and then I can never find them again when it’s time to use them (or I’ve just plain forgotten about them by then…)
English-speaking Japanese film student REX Mind and Tokyo Psychopath idol Haruka on the street in Harajuku wearing items from Jeremy Scott, Moschino, Dolls Kill, Veno Mind, Dr. Martens, and Adidas. Full Looks
An etched and gilt Anima Half-Armor belonging to Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, attributed to Desiderius Helmschmid, Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1546, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
