It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Slacker
Harlan Hayes, 23, lays on a slack line at Santa Monica Beach on Thursday,
October 2, 2008. Slacklining is a distinct form of tightrope walking.
Hangin' around
Leigh Wiley, 31, (left) and Rebecca Shipe, 35, (right) hang on aerial hammocks at
Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Aerial hammocks are made
from fabric that forms a cocoon around the performers body creating beautiful
shapes inside and fantastic tricks outside of the apparatus. The hamocck are
commonly used as modern circus art that has captured the imaginations of
audiences worldwide. High in the air, the performer wraps themselves into
intricate knots to create an astounding array of breathtaking poses, drops, and
slides.
GOT SNOW?
Judah Hogan, 9, virtual skis on a snowboard at Virginia Avenue Park on Saturday, September 27, 2008, during the Third Annual Pico Art Walk.
Posted on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 12:00AM
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Happy New Year
Members of Isaiah Temple throw bread into the ocean
symbolizing 'casting out sins' at Santa Monica Beach during Rosh Hashanah
Tashlich Service on Tuesday September 30, 2008. Tashlich, the Jewish practice of
symbolically casting our sins out onto the water is derived from verse 7:19 in
the Book of Micah, “And You shall throw their sins into the depths of the
sea.” Rosh
ha-Shanah rŏsh hə-shä'nə [Heb.,=head
of the year], the Jewish New Year, also known as the Feast of the Trumpets. It
is observed on the first day of the seventh month, Tishri, occurring usually in
September. Rosh ha-Shanah is held in great reverence as the Day of Judgment (Yom
ha-Din), the beginning of the 10-day period concluding with Yom Kippur and known
as the Days of Awe, during which, according to
tradition, all the people of the earth pass before the Lord and are marked in
the Book of Life or in the Book of
Death. A distinguishing feature of the New Year is the blowing of the
shofar (a ram's horn), which summons Jews to penitential observance.
Orthodox and Conservative Jews celebrate Rosh ha-Shanah for two days; most
Reform congregations celebrate the first day. See L. Jacobs,
A Guide to Rosh ha-Shanah (1969).
Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 12:01AM
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Masanga Marimba Ensemble
Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 12:00AM
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World Festival of Sacred Music
(1,2,3) 'Heaven' with the Remo Drum Circle
honor the Sea with a sacred dance during the closing ceremony of the World Festival of Sacred Music
at Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, September 28, 2008. (4)
Halau Keali'i O Nalani honor the Sea with a sacred Hawaiian dance. (5)
Members of Viver Brasil honor the Sea with flowers.
(6,7) Haize Rosen and Justin Ayres, 39, from Viver Brasil honor the
Sea during the closing ceremony. -- About three hundred artists presented sacred
traditions from seven lineages of world cultures. The opening procession
resounded with the festive sounds of the brass Banda Juvenil Solaga from Oaxaca
and the Pasadena Scottish Pipes and Drums ensemble. One hundred dancers led by
Keali’i Ceballos and Sissy Kaio chanted and danced on the sands in reverence of
Kanaloa, the Hawaiian deity of the ocean. Swing Brazil welcomed their guests
Viver Brasil, Capoeira Batuque, Seara de Caridade do Cabolo Tupinamba and the
Elders of the Diaspora and lead in celebration of Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian
sea goddess. Drummers and dancers from Burkina Faso led by Olivier Tarpaga and
DAFRA will payed homage to the Yuroba Orisha. Playing a central role is Cindi
Alvitre and Ti’at Society. The traditional canoe of the Tongva, wass paddled
beyond the breakwaters, carrying the offerings to the sea and sacred blessings
to the four corners of the Earth, guided by energy of the Agape Choir and the
rhythms of Remo Drum Circle facilitated by Christine Stevens.
Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 01:14AM
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Abbot Kinney Festival
(1) Michael Huang, 20, Got Kush mascot, advertises during the 24rth Annual Abbot Kinney Festival on Sunday, September 28, 2008. (2) Veganbombshell, from Hoopnotica, hulahoops during the festival. (3) Milo Gonzales, 19, plays the Sitar. (4) Lacey Uhlemeyer, 23, lays on a "Green Bean" on Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 07:00PM
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Pico Art Walk
(1) Paul Leal hand blows a vase at Santa Monica College during the Third Annual Pico Art Walk on Saturday, September 27, 2008. (2) Donna Escobar and Richard Hasselberger throw clay at SMC during the art show. (3) Art students draw a still life at SMC during the art show. (4) Alba Roche (right) applies make-up to Danielle Cohn, 14, while Emilsa Roche (left) curls her at Virginia Aveue Park on Saturday, September 27, 2008, during the Third Annual Pico Art Walk.
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 12:10AM
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