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I am staying at a friend’s apartment in the 18eme Arrondisement, one of the areas of Paris with the greatest concentration of immigrants. Today, the Hindu community celebrated the festival of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of prosperity and good fortune.
I had a dot drawn on my forehead with an orange unguent held in a coconut shell, I bought a garland of jasmine buds for my hair, and I had what seemed to me like some sort of Indian crepe for lunch.
Check out some of the pictures. Hard to believe that was in Paris, right?
I especially like this one because the second woman looks like she is cooking a blonde baby in her fiery bowl.
This dancer is not so happy at this point. He only has like 4 more hours to go.
One of the traditions is the smashing of hundreds of coconuts in the street as an offering to Ganesha. I loved the sound of the smashing coconuts (also, perhaps a good name for a tropical cover band)
