Waiting for the tram
Saturday, December 16, 2006 Publié par Eric
Do you remember the new Paris tramway that I mentioned 3 times on this blog already (September 2005, March 2006 and May 2006). Well, they are finally launching it tomorrow (well Saturday)! And today I came across the rehearsal for the big day. Apparently they will have a band and funny characters like these two (when I took this photo they were instructed to look like they were seeing the tram coming). Let's just hope they won't try to board the tram with their stilts! More info here (in English), if you're interested.
December 16, 2006 12:13:00 AM GMT+01:00
Were there more of these stilted folks? They are funny. It's amazing how they can walk around on those things. They can't fit on the tram cars, so we are safe.
Eric, This is a fun photo. Yes, more, and more of the festivities.
December 16, 2006 12:53:00 AM GMT+01:00
Strange about stilt walkers, I snapped a similar pair when a local clothes shops opened.
December 16, 2006 12:57:00 AM GMT+01:00
What is it about stilts in France, or is it just Paris? I just don't get it! I've noticed publicity stunts often use them, you posted one with policemen on stilts if i remember correctly. Why are they used so much? It's fairly interesting i suppose and certainly must be quite talented to walk on them, but - ? - i'm a bit lost ! i'd like to know the reason.
Like the shot though, these colours against grey.
December 16, 2006 12:58:00 AM GMT+01:00
In the Uk, as far as I'm aware, people on stilts are only clowns in the circus!
December 16, 2006 1:58:00 AM GMT+01:00
Color-coordinated and everything! Super good catch! Excellent :)
You never know what to expect when you load the Paris Daily pic. :)
December 16, 2006 2:18:00 AM GMT+01:00
Love the colours and the interchangeable hats. It will be a fun celebration, I'd bet!
December 16, 2006 3:21:00 AM GMT+01:00
eric, i'm a newbie here, but you seem to be quite the 'johnny-on-the spot' !!! love it!
December 16, 2006 3:22:00 AM GMT+01:00
having un brin difficulty posting ...anonymous above = barbara :)
December 16, 2006 5:07:00 AM GMT+01:00
The clothing look great!
Very cheerful colors.
December 16, 2006 7:24:00 AM GMT+01:00
Very funny picture. The contrast of colors works great.
Also, thank you Eric and all of the DP community for being part of this network around the world. We are celebrating our 200th post today.
December 16, 2006 7:50:00 AM GMT+01:00
I just love this shot...red & green for Christmas colors...stilts for..ummm...tall things like Christmas trees and Eiffel Towers? Ahhhhhh...I really need a big PUSH into the holiday spirit...have a little bah-humbug swirling around in my head! ;-)
December 16, 2006 7:57:00 AM GMT+01:00
:))
the costume is beautiful!!
and i guess the tram is very specail...if they could get in!
:D
have a nice weekend.
jing
December 16, 2006 8:56:00 AM GMT+01:00
Very funny Jing! Hadn't thought about that!
Eric, you know this photo makes me very pleased! Not just because I think the colours, pose, and shot are excellent, but because this tram comes from who else but ALSTOM !
Here's another link to more about the Tramway des Maréchaux.
December 16, 2006 9:46:00 AM GMT+01:00
Wow! The colors are amazing. I see them as more lime green and a red-orange. Nice shot
December 16, 2006 10:45:00 AM GMT+01:00
Jing..they can get in....if they lay on the floor:)
December 16, 2006 10:46:00 AM GMT+01:00
Michael,
We have new trams in Adelaide, but I cannot find the manufacturer.
Maybe they were made by Alstom.
Peut-être vous savez la réponse ?
How was Italy monsieur?
December 16, 2006 12:07:00 PM GMT+01:00
Why, because Girl Poops Pants has.
December 16, 2006 12:30:00 PM GMT+01:00
Maybe they just inelegantly snap the stilts off and walk inside with their trousers flapping on the floor?
So does anyone know why people on stilts are used for promotion, particularly in France?
December 16, 2006 12:46:00 PM GMT+01:00
As everybody already mentionned, it is really a great shot!
I am living in close south-suburbs of Paris, and this tram will allow me to go from "Porte de Chatillon" to the Chinatown (the largest one in Europe) very easily now.
December 16, 2006 1:12:00 PM GMT+01:00
my avatar doesn't seem to be appearing. Goodness, johnny, it's not easy is it? lol.
December 16, 2006 1:57:00 PM GMT+01:00
They are so stylish! Yes, I occasionally see stilt walkers promoting things here.
I think it comes from the European circus tradition....just a theory.
December 16, 2006 2:14:00 PM GMT+01:00
No Lynn, I don't know. They just allow entertainers to come up with fun characters I guess. The one you saw on the firemen demonstration photo was actually a "real stilt man". that is somebody from Les Landes, a French region in the south where sheep keepers used to walk on stilts to run quicker.
Haxo, I did not know the Paris Chinatown was the largest in Europe. Are you sure? I should go back there at some stage by the way, there must be cool photos to make.
PS: I watched the official launch on the local television this morning, it was fun.
December 16, 2006 3:13:00 PM GMT+01:00
Eric, about Chinatown, that is what i read there, but wikipedia is not the Bible (and even if..lol).
I like the atmosphere of this area, but it is quite a challenge to translate it into pics.
But i am sure an artist like you would easily point out the right pics to take.
I sometimes go shopping to the impressive "Tang Frères" hypermarket (the largest of their shops, which is on avenue d'Ivry).
December 16, 2006 5:25:00 PM GMT+01:00
Gee Eric, you just skipped over my entire publicity for ALSTOM without even a comment. :-(
M. Benaut said...
"...We have new trams in Adelaide, but I cannot find the manufacturer. Maybe they were made by Alstom. Peut-être vous savez la réponse ? How was Italy monsieur?"
M. Benaut, I doubt they are ALSTOM as our operations downunder are very limited, but I'll have to check. Italy consisted of a very short overnight trip to Torino spent in a hotel, so other than the excellent food, can not comment. I've been there before, however, and it's not the most exciting part of Italy. Very industrial.
December 16, 2006 5:49:00 PM GMT+01:00
Eric: to run QUICKER on stilts? lol! Wow i'm impressed... and confused. Thanks for letting me know.
Ah, Michael, Eric's busy that's all and forgot to say i expect. WE all noticed and always appreciate your links and research, it's great!
December 16, 2006 5:54:00 PM GMT+01:00
Mocko Jumbies are the stilt walkers which originatated in Ghana, West Africa. The word Mocko Jumbie means Good God, or Good Spirit. The art came about, according to one myth, when some of the native tribe had to build their huts on stilts high above the ground due to bad flooding during certain times of the year. In order to get to their huts, they developed the art of stilt walking.
Another myth says that the art was developed by a tribe who felt that because they buried their ancestors underground that if they walked on the ground they would be walking on their ancestors, but the most commonly known myth states that the art of stilt walking was practiced by the African tribe's witch doctor who towered himself over the village in order to see and ward off evil sprits.
December 16, 2006 6:26:00 PM GMT+01:00
Ujima, thank you for this fascinating explanation!
December 16, 2006 6:50:00 PM GMT+01:00
Yes! really interesting thanks.
December 16, 2006 7:02:00 PM GMT+01:00
Michael said, "Gee Eric, you just skipped over my entire publicity for ALSTOM without even a comment. :-("
I know how you feel ;(
I asked both you and Eric about Candide twice and never got a response....:P
December 16, 2006 7:15:00 PM GMT+01:00
Loving the photo, and Ujima's history was super interesting!! So thanks to all.
Eric, you asked why I'm in Pontoise. Why not be in Pontoise???
No, the story goes as follows. Have been learning French for a few years and wanted to get a bit of a advantage for my aussie BAC, so I figured a trip to France would be an awesome, interesting, and beneficial experience. So I looked into it, and am now on a 6-month student exchange here in France, and the host family I got placed with happened to live just a little way out of Pontoise. But the school I'm at is in Pontoise, so naturally I spend a lot of time there. (Why is it that the French find it necessary to have so much more schooling than the rest of the world????)
Am loving France though, will be very sad when I must return home.
December 16, 2006 8:05:00 PM GMT+01:00
Sorry Susan, I've not seen anything about Candide here and if I had, I'm sure I was too busy to do anything about going. It's a sad, busy, boring life I live!
December 16, 2006 8:46:00 PM GMT+01:00
Candide...the book from Voltaire?
The depressing conclusion of that book was "one should cultivate one's own garden".
December 16, 2006 10:06:00 PM GMT+01:00
Haxo, I had always wondered why there were always stilt walkers at every African-American celebration party or event. So the next time the universoulcircus.com came to town, I asked some of the African performers about the history of stilt walking in their countries. Of course, because of the diaspora, stilt walking is very big in the Caribbean nations too,
December 16, 2006 10:14:00 PM GMT+01:00
Well here's your third chance! The link is here.
It sounds hilarious!
December 16, 2006 11:30:00 PM GMT+01:00
Ok Susan, I did check it out and it DOES sound hilarious. Unfortunately, I'm heading out of town on Tuesday for a long vacation so unless it's still here when I get back, I won't get to see it. Why don't you come on over, go to the show, then give us a detailed review. It's the next best thing, no? Thanks for re-posting the link.
December 16, 2006 11:31:00 PM GMT+01:00
Ujima, only 16 more days until that Mummers Day Parade! I'm counting on you girl!
December 17, 2006 12:13:00 AM GMT+01:00
Oh shame you're going Michael, we love your comments. Are you tripping round the world before you go? or checking in now and again whilst on vac? lol
December 17, 2006 6:24:00 AM GMT+01:00
I'll see if I can check in now and again, but no promises. I'm sure you can hold down the fort Lynn!
December 17, 2006 7:10:00 AM GMT+01:00
Michael said
Ujima, only 16 more days until that Mummers Day Parade! I'm counting on you girl!
PEST!
December 17, 2006 11:45:00 PM GMT+01:00
Susan :
"Michael said, "Gee Eric, you just skipped over my entire publicity for ALSTOM without even a comment. :-("
I know how you feel ;(
I asked both you and Eric about Candide twice and never got a response....:P "
I am so sorry. Don't be mad at me, I find it hard to answer to everybody AND take my photos AND write the captions AND visit other daily photo blogs AND answer emails, LOL.
The bottom line is that I never heard of this show here. Which is weird because a famous actor is in it so it must have been widely promoted on television. I'll check.
December 18, 2006 12:15:00 AM GMT+01:00
AND work, don't forget! lol. I'm with you there.
December 18, 2006 4:00:00 AM GMT+01:00
Eric, No problem...I stopped crying after two days! ;)
If you do get a chance to see it, I would be interested in knowing if it was good. I love the theatre!
December 18, 2006 2:34:00 PM GMT+01:00
LOL Susan!
December 18, 2006 3:59:00 PM GMT+01:00
I read about your tram in greek newspapers today. They write is a historic moment after the 1937 demise in favor of cars and buses.
I am a big fan of trams, in every city I go, I always go for as many rides as I can. So, next station Paris!
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