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Sweet Dreams
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At the autumn fair I spotted some Peruvian salespeople. At their booth they had Peruvian woolen sweaters and panpipes. They also sold dreamcatchers. Loads of them, all in different colors and sizes. Some with a little painting in the middle.
The repetition of the shape and the many colors caught my camera's attention. So when I started taking pictures I got some Peruvian "chica loco" looks Well...they are right ;-)
Traditionally, the Ojibwa (Native Americans) construct dreamcatchers by tying sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame (in a way roughly similar to their method for making snowshoe webbing). The resulting "dream-catcher", hung above the bed, is then used as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares. The Ojibwa believe that a dreamcatcher filters a person's dreams - the good in their dreams is captured in the web of life and carried with them, but the evil in their dreams escapes through the hole in the center of the web and is no longer a part of them. It is hung above their beds or in their home, to sift their dreams and visions. |
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Hoi Loon,
Mooi kleurrijk plaatje met een aardig onderwerp. Goed gevonden! Hoewel kleurrijk, het kan m.i. nog kleurvoller (zie mijn WS). De linkerbovenhoek is enigszins OE. Ook een erg mooi frame wat past bij deze kleurige foto.
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