Monday, September 03, 2012

Celebrating Ganesha in Paris...


Like all big cities, Paris is a real cosmopolitan city. There are people from all over the world in here, and they tend to live in certain areas of Paris, depending on their origins. You find a lot of Asians near the avenue de Choisy in the 13th arrondissement, lots of North Africans near Barbès in the 18th, Africans near Château rouge, etc. More recently (in 1983), we greeted people from India and Sri-Lanka and this lead to the creation of a Paris "little India", near Gare du nord (North Station) and La Chapelle. That is precisely where, yesterday (Sunday) they celebrated Ganesh with a giant, festive and engaging parade. 

9 comments:

  1. Eric,and not to forget you also have little Africa there ,same area..no?? I love the part...so coulorful,lots of little markets and shops...Merci

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  2. All of this is one reason to love big cities.

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  3. And here I thought NYC was the melting pot! Love your shot of this colorful parade, Eric -- would love to see it in person sometime.

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  4. Great photo - love the colors and how you framed it! And very interesting background information.

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  5. Such a nice crowd of people and such a nice photo!

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  6. This is such a great photo - I love all of the vibrant colors!

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  7. @Anonymous "Eric,and not to forget you also have little Africa there, same area..no??" Yes, it's actually almost the same area, but I did not want to confuse people!

    @Petrea "All of this is one reason to love big cities." I agree ;-)

    @Alexa "Eric -- would love to see it in person sometime." Me too, are you coming to Paris anytime soon??

    @Ms M. "And very interesting background information." I thought I would give you a little insight of our communities...

    @Michael "Such a nice crowd of people and such a nice photo!" What What do you want??

    @Monnica "This is such a great photo - I love all of the vibrant colors!" What do you want LOL !

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  8. Nothing Nothing! They were nice weren't they? Shop owners handing out free soda and water to everybody and people stopping to pose for you...

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  9. Nicely portrayed!

    We had the fortune of visiting the temple in La Chapelle, while we were in Paris!

    Peace :)

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