{"id":11865,"date":"2021-12-17T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=11865"},"modified":"2021-12-16T10:49:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:49:39","slug":"faces-from-afar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=11865","title":{"rendered":"FACES FROM AFAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The one thing which always stays with me from our travels are the faces on the journey. They are the passageways into the heart and soul of a person, village, town, country, or an event.<\/strong> I have assembled<\/strong> photos of Faces <\/em>which fascinate and intrigue me. Come along on this facial journey, no COVID test or passport needed. The photo above was taken at a friend’s <\/strong>Holi Festival <\/strong><\/a>party in Delhi, India. Holi is sometimes called “The Festival of Love.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our friend Pramod is celebrating the “Holi” with joy and abandon.<\/strong> The Holi Festival is the one big time of the year when you can have crazy fun and celebrate. This is one party I’ll never forget!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla and I have had a Bali love affair of many years. During the Balinese New Year, called “Nyepi”, people build statues, called Ogoh ogoh.”They are paraded around the towns in many parts of Bali. Click on this video I made a few years ago to get a feel of the mystical event. <\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/hRyAHuaRFbo<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monks at a monastery in Ayutthaya, Thailand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At a Shinbyu novitiation ceremony held at the Shwedagon<\/em> Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A woman carries a pineapple in Luang Prabang, Laos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A rickshaw driver inside a Beijing Hutong.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Resting monks in Luang Prabang, Laos. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A woodcarving salesman on the steps leading to the Gunung Kawi temple in Bali.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla and I have hosted a number of client trips to Bali in years past. On one trip we were invited to attend a cremation ceremony for an important person in the village of Kedewatan. The photo above is of an esteemed priest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Akha tribeswoman in a hill town north of Chiang Rai, Thailand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At a Maasai “bomas” this boy looks out from his mud home.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A face in a Brussels shop window.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is a tradition to rub the bronze water bowl in Beijing’s Forbidden City for good luck.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A worker’s smile at a furniture factory in Mas, Bali.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morning offerings, or “canang sari”, at the Goa Gajah temple in Bali.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A tailor works on an order at an outdoor market in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia\u2019s Sabah state in the northern part of the island of Borneo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A joyous event for a monk at a temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Balinese dancer in Legian, Bali.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A mahout on his elephant decorated for the Holi festival in Jaipur, India.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akha hilltribe woman north of Chiang Rai, Thailand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A procession on the way to a village temple in Bali.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our driver made a long detour on very rural dirt roads<\/strong> on the way to Agra, India, because of a highway closure.<\/strong> The villagers were excited to see us as we drove by!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The one thing which always stays with me from our travels are the faces on the journey. They are the passageways into the heart and soul of a person, village, town, country, or an event. I have assembled photos of Faces which fascinate and intrigue me. Come along on this facial journey, no COVID test or passport needed. The photo above was taken at a friend’s Holi Festival party in Delhi, India. Holi is sometimes called “The Festival of Love.” Our friend Pramod is celebrating the “Holi” with joy and abandon. The Holi Festival is the one big time of the year when you can have crazy fun and celebrate. This is one party I’ll never forget! Marla and I have had a Bali love affair of many years. During the Balinese New Year, called “Nyepi”, people build statues, called Ogoh ogoh.”They are paraded around the towns in many parts of Bali. Click on this video I made a few years ago to get a feel of the mystical event. https:\/\/youtu.be\/hRyAHuaRFbo Monks at a monastery in Ayutthaya, Thailand. At a Shinbyu novitiation ceremony held at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. A woman carries a pineapple in Luang Prabang, Laos. A rickshaw driver inside a Beijing Hutong. Resting monks in Luang Prabang, Laos. A woodcarving salesman on the steps leading to the Gunung Kawi temple in Bali. Marla and I have hosted a number of client trips to Bali in years past. On one trip we were invited to attend a cremation ceremony for an important person in the village of Kedewatan. The photo above is of an esteemed priest. An Akha tribeswoman in a hill town north of Chiang Rai, Thailand. At a Maasai “bomas” this boy looks out from his mud home. A face in a Brussels shop window. It is a tradition to rub the bronze water bowl in Beijing’s Forbidden City for good luck. A worker’s smile at a furniture factory in Mas, Bali. Morning offerings, or “canang sari”, at the Goa Gajah temple in Bali. A tailor works on an order at an outdoor market in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia\u2019s Sabah state in the northern part of the island of Borneo. A joyous event for a monk at a temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand. A Balinese dancer in Legian, Bali. A mahout on his elephant decorated for the Holi festival in Jaipur, India. Akha hilltribe woman north of Chiang Rai, Thailand. A procession on the way to a village temple in Bali. Our driver made a long detour on very rural dirt roads on the way to Agra, India, because of a highway closure. The villagers were excited to see us as we drove by! Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[391,348,332,344,286,508,313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures","category-bali-travel","category-beijing","category-buddhist-temples","category-celebrations","category-faces","category-travel-inspirations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-Holi-festival-party_result.jpg?fit=938%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11865"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11987,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865\/revisions\/11987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}