Parades and Processions
Toronto, ON
"I admire anyone who can walk in them", said the young guy to his girlfriend, referring to toothpick thin high hells worn by a woman they just observed in passing. I too agree that it is practically a mystical feat being able to accomplish such a task. Walking on stilts would be easier.
The street is Yonge St. I wasn't aware that today the Gay Pride Parade has passed through here in the afternoon. Eventually I found out that it attracted seven hundred thousand people which is three-hundred thousand short of the city's Caribana. In three weeks our won Jaganatha Pride Parade will roll down on the same street but in terms of numbers we are a little behind others although we might boast the largest Ratha Yatra in North America.
The Metro Newspaper captured a picture of a girl in blue portraying Krishna in London's Ratha Yatra. The picture was dispatch globally. She had a huge smile.
Parades, Processions draw crowds. As a kid I remember the parade organized by the Shriners. I loved the beat. Other big draws are the Santa Claus and St. Patricks' Day parades held at least in this city. The thump and rhythm of marches and drums becomes synchronized to the heart beat. The worries I mostly have about our own Ratha Yatra procession is "Will our participants sufficiently smile?" or "Will we overly display plastic bottled water when handed out to processionists to address their dehydration. Plastic bottle image is not a good profile for a spiritual organization..
When in Durban, I got extremely upset that hundreds of balloons were discharged into the air creating a refuse problem for the future.
8 KM
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