Posts from the ‘Travel photography’ Category
Resurrection will come
The East side of Pointe-à-Pitre likely had a gorgeous past. Unluckily, grants are not sufficient today for the recover and renovation of its French colonial style. In the meantime, colorful design and graffiti decorate almost every wall of the city, up to the red-light district. Waiting for a new Renaissance.
Artistic decoration of rusty fences in Pointe-à-Pitre
[..]The department of Guad[..]executes[..]enovation of the equip[..], Pointe-à-Pitre
Work in progress in Pointe-à-Pitre
Grave graveyard in Saint-François cemetery
Old and new at Pointe-à-Pitre harbor front
Scary house in the red-light district of Pointe-à-Pitre
Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
8. So lonely
9. Once we were
10. Caribbean grace
Caribbean grace
Guadeloupe is music. Drums (ka) made of wood, plastic barrels, scrap parts; and lambi shells blown in the wind. Played in parks, at funerals, on graves and rooftops. The father of Gwo-ka (ka music) is Marcel Lollia, aka Vèlo from Pointe-à-Pitre: his statue is in the city center. Guadeloupe is also Indian music from the Nadron cerimonies and Cuban music, often played in Gwada dance clubs.
Monument to Marcel Lollia (Vélo), master of ka (drums) playing, Pointe-à-Pitre
Indian cultural week, Sainte-Anne
Ka players at a funeral, playing on the graves of the cemetery of Sainte-Anne
When a picture is not enough, play the movie and feel ka played on the rooftops of Saint-Anne cemetery graves
Ka players and dancer, Sainte-Anne
Drummers, Indian week festival in Saint-Anne
Dancing club in Sainte-Rose
When a picture is not enough, play the movie and feel Cuba in Guadeloupe
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Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
8. So lonely
9. Once we were
Gwada intangible cultural heritage
Intangible Cultural Heritage means the skills that communities recognize as part of their cultural identity. The Indian community on Guadeloupe is strong of 40,000 people. Most of them are descendant of those Indian workers that were offered a job on the island by the French state over two hundred years ago. After the abolition of slavery in 1794, the demand for workers on sugar cane, rum distillation, tobacco and coffee fields strongly increased in Guadeloupe. A solid migration from India, Vietnam and Lebanon have been supporting local productions from then on. The immigrants who chose to further stay in Guadeloupe maintained their cultural identity and mixed it with others, French continental included. Nowadays food, music and folklore on Guadeloupe are the result of this fusion.
Election of Guadeloupe Miss Teen of India, Schoelcher square, Sainte-Anne
Continental French craftsmen contribute to keeping traditions alive on Gwada: Cédric Coutellier runs a biological vanilla plantation in the tropical jungle near Sainte-Rose. Vanilla plants are epifite, meaning they climb over other tree stems to gain a place in the sun. Front right of Cedric and behind him each tree is climbed by one or more vanilla plants. Vanilla pods (still green) are in hist right hand.
Cédric Coutellier and his vanilla plantation in the tropical jungle, Sainte-Rose
Gwada fishermen still use traditional cages, in addition to modern fishing nets for catching their daily preys.
A fisherman in Saint-François harbor with modern (right) and traditional (left) nets/cages
At funeral ceremonies, as well as on the streets of Sainte-Anne it is not rare listening to the sound of Lambi (conch shells), blown by local players.
A Lambi (shell) player, cemetery of Sainte-Anne
When you pass by La pointe des châteaux don’t miss the local craftsmanship of palm tree hats. Jordan crafts also bowls and Frigatebirds made of the same leaf material. It will not stay green, but it will still look gorgeous.
A maker of traditional woven hats, La pointe des châteaux
If you are a photographer, it is worth learning a couple of words in French for shooting iconic pictures with locals. Je suis italien. Je suis photographe. Je voudrais faire une photo de vous. Et voilà, here is my knowledge of French language.
Painters, Sainte-Anne cemetery
The manioc ants at the feet of Cédric Coutellier in the jungle of Sainte-Rose
Manioc ants, tropical jungle, Sainte-Rose
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Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
Three days in Turin
With this last episode of architectural fusion of Turin, this picture series end. Click each picture to zoom in. Previous episodes in Turin:
1. Deep red Turin
2. Red code
3. Citizens of Turin
4. Framed in Turin
5. Turin other postcards
6. On colors off
7. City lines Turin
8. Turin top bottom
9. Windows of Turin
10. Turin rooftop: the Lingotto
11. Turin style
Turin style
Towards Grande Madre Church
Courtyard
Roman ruins
Modern reflections
Downtown
Click each picture to zoom in. Previous episodes in Turin:
1. Deep red Turin
2. Red code
3. Citizens of Turin
4. Framed in Turin
5. Turin other postcards
6. On colors off
7. City lines Turin
8. Turin top bottom
9. Windows of Turin
10. Turin rooftop: the Lingotto
Turin rooftop: the Lingotto
On the roof top of FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) Lingotto, the ex car industry of Turin. Now converted into a shopping mall, only the rooftop survived. A 2 km long circuit for testing the cars just produced in the floors beneath.
A German plated old fashioned FIAT ready for the test
The circuit is not in use anymore
The modern “Bubble” of Renzo Piano installed on FIAT Lingotto
The ex chronometer builduing
Click each picture to zoom in. Previous episodes in Turin:
1. Deep red Turin
2. Red code
3. Citizens of Turin
4. Framed in Turin
5. Turin other postcards
6. On colors off
7. City lines Turin
8. Turin top bottom
9. Windows of Turin
Windows of Turin
Click each picture to zoom in. Previous episodes in Turin:
1. Deep red Turin
2. Red code
3. Citizens of Turin
4. Framed in Turin
5. Turin other postcards
6. On colors off
7. City lines Turin
8. Turin top bottom
