Rock Art of South America

Rock Art sites in Peru

The International Rock Art Exhibition at New Delhi intimates following regarding rock art of South America.

 

'Rock art sites are found from almost all the countries like Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Argentina. Major concentrations are in Toro Muerto and Lima region site complex in Peru, Serra da Capivara in Brazil, Cueva de las Manos (Cave of the Hands) in Argentina. Among them Serra da Capivara in Brazil is the oldest rock painting site where the earliest evidence of paintiing goes back to more than 25,000 years. The stylized human figures depicted on the Volcanic Tufa blocks of the huge site Toro Muerto and the complex motifs from the sites of the Lima region are the significant examples from Peru. Recently, emphasis has given into the study of the Bolivian rock art. Mask like motifs from Santa Cruz, Bolivia are unique in nature. Besides, animal and human figures, hunting scenes and geometric designs, there are numerous hand stencils executed at the same place continuously for thousands of years on the walls of the 'Cave of the Hands' from Patagonia in Argentina. These are fascinating indeed'.

 

Rock art depicting human figures in Argentina

 

 

Rock Art of North America

The visit to International Rock Art Exhibition, which is currently running in New Delhi, has been a great effort where rock art formations from across the world have been displayed. The amount of information displayed indicates the depth of research which has gone into organising such an exhibition.

Major Rock Art sites in North America

 

The following has been displayed at the exhibition regarding rock art of North America.

"It has been displayed The North America is very rich in Rock Art distributed throughout the continent. Rock art sites are known to occur from the northern most point at Bering Strait in Central Alaska to Panama, the southernmost country of the Latin America. All these countries have rock art sites but the richest concentration is in the south western part of the USA. The states include California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah. The traditions practised here have great variations in subject matter, style and technique reflecting diverse thought processes of the early inhabitants of America. The colourful and complicated geometric images of Chumash people in Western California are believed to be done in trance or in intoxicated condition. Thousands of petroglyphs in the canyons of Coso Range are one of the richest concentrations of rock art. The noteworthy among them are Patterned Body of Anthropomorphic figures, sometimes associated with animals and depictions of 'Big Horn sheep'. The delicate Fremont Style and large mummy like figures of Barrier Canyon in Utah, the mysterious shamanistic representations of Texas etc. are the other notable traditions". 

Rock Art geometrical designs in Arizona

 

GD Goenka School Christmas Carnival

It was the first thick fog of winter season near Delhi on Dec 23, 2012. A perfect weather for a nice gathering. Pleasant, cloud-like fog, little traffic and no wind-chill. In this perfect setting, a Christmas Carnival was organised at the school campus by GD Goenka School, Greater Noida near Delhi. A very well organised event, had everything what the kids would love to have on a perfect Christmas outing. As the Sun peeped through the vanishing fog a while later, the arena was brightly lit to present a soothing atmosphere.

The school bus commuting visitors through fog to carnival.

The stage decorated with Red & White.

The school lawns were dotted with splash of red colour of Santa Clause and white colour of Snow all around. The red and white baloons and the same colour combination for pavilions offering Christmas special goods mainly for children were added attractions.

Celebrating CHRISTMAS at GD Goenka School

A little kid enjoying horse ride at Christmas Carnival

The carnival was visited by many school going kids with parents and friends. They were kept engaged throughout with many events and games of fun and frolic. Many were seen enjoying the horse rides with their parents shooting pics for fond memory. A band comprising of many bagpipers swaying melodiously filled the air with lovely music. 

Swaying Bagpipers at Carnival.



Shopping for Christmas goodies.

The stalls at the carnival brought Christmas specialities to spread festive warmth which included toys, gifts n return-gifts, selective jewellery, educative robots, winter wear, handicrafts  etc. A stall owner informed that invisible pens, magic erasers and goody bags were among great hits with children. Of course, the food court satisfied the culinary tastes with  street delicacies from various parts of the country.

A joy ride for kids at carnival.

Fun all around.

Various games for fun and leisure kept visitors of all ages engaged in festivities. Art competition, baby show, talent hunt, housie organised by school teachers saw grand participation. The star attraction of the event was the presence of former fast bowler of Indian cricket team, mr. Kapil Dev Nikhanj, who graced the occasion with his brief presence to award winners of the lucky draw with grand prizes. The cricketer called upon the students to make sincere efforts and realise their dreams.

Kapil Dev, ex-cricketer, arriving to grace the occasion.

The grand event will be remembered by the participants for a long time to come.


 

Rose Show

Rose show is going on at chanakyapuri

1st Krackerjack Carnival, New Delhi

First Krackerjack Carnival for kids at Delhi.

Banner showing Activity Schedule at venue.

Entrance to the Krackerjack Carnival

Crowd busy in playing 'Chhota Bheem' theme games.

The activity area at the Carnival

A view of stalls selling mainly kids items.

 

2nd India-ASEAN Business Fair



2nd India-ASEAN Business Fair

 

The visit to 2nd India-ASEAN Business Fair (IABF) & Business Conclave at New Delhi today gave an insight view about the participating countries. The three day event, which was inaugurated by Mr. Anand sharma (Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry)  provides a platform for furthering the business interests of participating nations. The theme of the event is ‘India-ASEAN : Forging Partnership for Economic Integration'. ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) comprises of 10 member nations namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Understand that India shares a close bond with ASEAN countries based on mutual interests and common challenges. The event is considered a golden opportunity for B2B meet between the participating nations in various sectors.

 

A wooden handcrafted sailing ship at a stall from Vietnam

 

The stalls at the fair, which showcase wealth of items, offer various B2B opportunities for joint economic developement by bringing together the business leaders across various industry segments. The fair facilitates sharing of knowledge and business strategies in various sectors like agriculture, construction, plastics, health care, jewellary, handicrafts, fashion accessories, garments etc. from each country.

 

The handcrafted antique ships of Thien Thuong Boat (Vietnam), handicrafts and fashion accessories of Pt. Asia Moon (Indonesia), plastic furniture items of Pt. Rovega Kirana (Indonesia) etc. impressed me in particular.

 

 

 

Soar High with KITES



It was a bright weekend and a nice sunny weather to be at International Kite Flying Festival being held at iconic India Gate in New Delhi on Dec 08, 2012. The second edition of the festival had participants from UK, Thailand etc. The kites of myriad shapes, sizes and attractive colour combinations won hearts of many visitors who thronged the lawns. With the kites, the festivities also soared high. And, so do the spirits of charged up onlooker. Kids had a gala time to look astonshingly at the train of 180 kites on a single string.



A train of kites with Indian national flag motif.

The lady partcipant from Thailand, who in her Balinese dresses enticed one and all, danced to the flight of her colourfully designed kites with uniquely held 24 strings. Another participant in her bright red coloured dress flying a kite in the shape of 'Garuda', a Hindu mythological character, attracted the local and national media personnel who was seen going ga-ga over taking her pictures clicked by making varied poses and postures. to catch the best shot.

A villager selling traditional stuff toys.

The kites, which are said to have been invented more than 2800 years back in China, have graduated to improvised 'ripstop' material and nylon/kavlar strings. The stalls put up by various participating kite clubs displayed their wonderfully designed kites, some colourful, some traditional and some with a social message. The live music, magic shows, Rajasthani dances, traditional food court and shops under the trees added much joy to the festivities.



Traditional dancers adding music to the environs.