Saturday, October 25, 2008

early diwali in DC




to celebrate the inauguration of a new exhibit "garden and cosmos" the Sackler museum (part of the smithsonian museum group) sponsored a series of concerts featuring a fabulous bunch of musicians from rajasthan. i went to four of their concerts in a 24-hour period. what high energy!

the photo in the dark is from a diwali celebration which the musicians performed in the courtyard of the freer museum next door. they played a paripatetic set as if they were strolling from house to house in a village.

the photo on the steps is a mini-puja invoking ganesha's blessings on the artshow and all participants.

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