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Entries from December 2011

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Welcome to the Goethe-Institut CityScapes Blog.

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From January through December 2011, these were the parameters for a playground of diverse, fascinating, vibrant tales: Responding individually to a collective impetus, a host of hand-picked young bloggers uploaded photos, texts, and multimedia. Every month, they were given a new theme. Step by step, they created a kaleidoscope of impressions, opinions, ideas and… plain fun.

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Saturday, December 31. 2011

Rites and Rituals- Kuala Lumpur


by Erwin Chong Continue reading "Rites and Rituals- Kuala Lumpur" »
Posted by
Shooting Stars
in Kuala Lumpur at 22:35 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Rites and Rituals - Auckland

Continue reading "Rites and Rituals - Auckland" »
Posted by
Jonathan Brooking
in Auckland at 17:05 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Family, Bingo and Other Christmas Tales from Jakarta

Even though I have lived in Jakarta for several years now, when December comes around, I am amazed by the massive christmas decorations put up inside the shopping malls, the many Santa Clauses that pop up here and there, the christmas carols playing in every department store, and the eager consumers that happily buy christmas gifts. Continue reading "Family, Bingo and Other Christmas Tales from..." »
Posted by
Katrin Figge
in Jakarta at 12:13 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Rites and rituals—How does my city celebrate?

I remember that my family usually buys about 20 chickens just for the 3 days of the Tet Holiday. Not just chickens—we buy mountains of meat, vegetables, rice, candy, beans... We prepare food like we’re feeding an army.

Continue reading "Rites and rituals—How does my city celebrate?" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 10:20 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

"Tooooor!" : One of Berliner traditions...



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Video by Charlotte Noblet
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Posted by
Charlotte Noblet
in Berlin at 08:53 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Hanoi: Christmas and Tet

December. Blog theme: celebrations. Time to talk about Christmas. Wait a minute, stop. There is no Christmas here. At least not in Hanoi. December is not a month of celebration in Vietnam. This doesn’t mean that there are no Christmas decorations. There are a lot. The city is full of them. Probably a kind of universal December ornamentation. But real Christmas spirit appears rarely. And why should it? After all, the majority of Vietnamese are not Christians.

The big celebration takes place in January or February, as I wrote in my first blog entry. So this closes the circle. Tet is the main festival of the year. The festival that is the central event of the annual calendar. The festival during which the entire country falls into a deep sleep for at least a week. At least outwardly. Inside the homes there is plenty of time for family gatherings, food, family gatherings, food and more food. In my experience it is not unusual for families to buy bigger refrigerators before Tet, just to make sure that the frozen chickens will last for three weeks. Because it can take up to three weeks before the shops have reopened all over the city and holiday prices have returned to normal.

Continue reading "Hanoi: Christmas and Tet" »
Posted by
David Frogier de Ponlevoy
in Hanoi at 08:43 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Bangkok- KomLoy- suitable for any event!

Continue reading "Bangkok- KomLoy- suitable for any event!" »
Posted by
Liam Morgan
in Bangkok at 06:05 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Friday, December 30. 2011

Goodbye is the new beginning!

December is a month of joy! Kids get a chance to ask for gifts. Schools prepare Christmas & New Year shows. Shoppers are excited about the seasonal sale. Workers plan to leave Bangkok for visiting their families in hometown while the others schedule their vacation trips. But most of all we’re just counting down to the most relax time of the year.

Continue reading "Goodbye is the new beginning! " »
Posted by
Pattarasuda Prajittanond
in Bangkok at 14:52 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, December 29. 2011

Prague



Continue reading "Prague" »
Posted by
Michaela Danelova
in Prague at 12:30 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Wednesday, December 21. 2011

Holidays in Monsoon Weather

We don’t have Thanksgiving in Manila, or any similar event. Only ridiculous mall propaganda like Thanksgiving sales that have no real meaning to us, if only to remind us to start our Christmas shopping early. Over here, Christmas is not only a time when students stuck in the university for three quarters of a year finally make the trek back to their moms’ sweet-smelling kitchens; it is also a time for the millions of Filipinos abroad and at sea to embark on a homebound exodus—of course, ideally with packs of chocolate and funds for remittances, as local TV will attest. Christmas is a long season spent planning and anticipating the noche buena, when families, no matter how poor, wait ‘til Christmas eve to eat dinner—where the Christmas ham is star. It is, in other words, the occasion we live most of each year for. Continue reading "Holidays in Monsoon Weather" »
Posted by
Pia Benosa
in Manila at 21:22 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

So much to celebrate..so little time..


For New Zealanders, the lead-up to Christmas signals a string of celebrations, the end of the year, Christmas, and the start of summer. Continue reading "So much to celebrate..so little time.." »
Posted by
Ri Williamson
in Auckland at 02:45 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, December 20. 2011

Rite and Ritual (singapore video)

Posted by
Skye Tan
in Singapore at 20:45 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Sunday, December 18. 2011

Happy branded Xmas, Saigon!

just some impressions from a late afternoon in downtown Saigon a few days before Christmas...


Continue reading "Happy branded Xmas, Saigon!" »
Posted by
Christian Berg
in Saigon at 14:35 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Friday, December 16. 2011

Rites & Rituals

The festivals in Hanoi bring people more pent-up feelings and the need for change. Still the old rite, bringing many forms that only seems appropriate to old people. Many people have the same thoughts as the formal ceremony is increasingly away from the life of Hanoi people, especially young people who are always demanding new stories, new ways of enthusiasm...

Continue reading "Rites & Rituals" »
Posted by
Nguyen Viet Hung
in Hanoi at 12:19 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Sydney: Rites, rituals and retail madness

The base of the massive Christmas tree installed at the heart of the shopping mall in Sydney's Queen Victoria Building each year.


Blogger Jennifer Lush offers mixed reviews about Christmas in Sydney. While it's a fun, food-filled, family event, it's also commercial craziness at its best.

Click below to listen

Posted by
Jennifer Lush
in Sydney at 00:12 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
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Theme of the Month

DEC: Rites & Rituals

NOV: Jam it!

OCT: High Heels & Tight Jeans

SEP: Cents & Sensibilities

AUG: Green Issues

JUL: Culture and my City

JUN: Us and Them

MAY: Built up?

APR: Bin it!

MAR: Sex in my City

FEB: Going Local!

JAN: My Year in the City

CityScapes @ APUF

In June 2011, a selection of CityScapes bloggers attended the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF) in Bangkok, reporting live for the UN through CityScapes.

CLICK HERE to read, see, and watch what was happening behind the scenes at this conference.

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Comments

Ben Fajzullin about Rites and rituals (Berlin): religions
Sat, 24.12.2011 18:15
Wow!! Great pix Max. Love the colour, emotion and movement i n your photos. You sometimes f orget about the multi-cu [...]
alfie about Built Up in Singapore
Mon, 19.12.2011 07:10
is that first pic taken in sin gapore? if yes, where?
to nga about Singapore: My kingdom for a bus/train/cab!
Mon, 19.12.2011 00:29
very interesting. I had a grea t time in Singapore last WE. b ook shopping, strolling time i n botanical garden and a [...]
anon about Sydney: High heels, high fashion and horses
Thu, 08.12.2011 08:31
Hey Sahar, I use a Marantz PMD661. It's a bit of a brick , but super easy to use and ha s great sound quality. [...]
Pattarasuda about Dear Traffic,....
Tue, 06.12.2011 11:43
Thank you for both feedbacks : D
Sahar about Sydney: High heels, high fashion and horses
Mon, 05.12.2011 06:29
Hi Jennifer, It's Sahar her e from Auckland. What kind of recording equipment, and softw are do you use? Your aud [...]
farid rakun about Dear Traffic,....
Thu, 01.12.2011 07:30
+ 1 me on the laughing part… T hanks!

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