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In China, they carve watermelons: Below are the winners of a recent contest - (amazing art!)
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Posted on 06/29/2005 3:07:24 PM PDT by CHARLITE
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To: tet68
Isn't it sad to see western influence seeping into indigenous art, just another example of our corrupting society. The sick part of people who actually think like that is that they encourage US to adopt things from other cultures to expand our understanding of the world, but they want indigenous cultures to remain backward and unenlightened.....
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06/29/2005 3:20:53 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: CHARLITE
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:21:36 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: CHARLITE
Neat. Also, the top one is a Winter melon, not a watermelon. The chinese have many "melons" not often seen here in the states, including one called a "bitter melon" which tastes atrocious, yet is used often enough in cooking to warrant inclusion on a menu here in the states.
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:21:45 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
To: CHARLITE
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:22:56 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(The theory of evolution is the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century - Michael Denton)
To: CHARLITE
I'm a little rusty but the characters in the third image look like Japanese kanji. Could it be that these were carved in Japan?
In any event great stuff, thanks.
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:23:12 PM PDT
by
Proud_texan
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: CHARLITE
Bookmarked...put in the China "plus" column...
To: Sam Cree; Liz; Joe 6-pack; woofie; vannrox; giotto; iceskater; Conspiracy Guy; B Knotts; Dolphy; ...
Art ping.
Let Sam Cree or me know if you want on or off the ping list.
Pretty amazing images.
To: CHARLITE
Neat. Thanks for posting the pictures that took 232.88 seconds to load with my dial-up:))
Picture #2 was seen last night on the live thread for President Bushs speech:0
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:25:01 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
( Heaven on Earth is where the nearest Starbucks is 60 miles away.)
To: Cecily; ThreePuttinDude; Beth528; SMARTY; Ghost of Philip Marlowe; CyberAnt; nothingnew; ...
"...but I love the Van Gogh melon."...Yes! That's my favorite, too. Coming in 2nd, IMO, is the baseball hitter. Astonishing type of artistic expression!
Thanks for your comment!
Char :)
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:25:23 PM PDT
by
CHARLITE
(I propose a co-Clinton team as permanent reps to Pyonyang, w/out possibility of repatriation....)
To: Steve_Seattle
Well, I guess it's kinda of a mosque, but it's the Taj Mahal, which has significance far and beyond that of a mere mosque.
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:26:03 PM PDT
by
Melas
(Lives in state of disbelief)
To: Liz
Okay, I see Manet, Discobolus, van Gogh.
Can you identify the other artists? :)
To: CHARLITE
Really cool! I'm getting hungry, though.
To: Liz
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:27:05 PM PDT
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: CHARLITE
Oh my gosh, those are amazing, just beautiful. Wow. They're so delicate and artistic. I expected lovely carvings or sculptures, but wow.
And quite possibly delicious, too. ;-)
To: Petronski; cyborg; onyx
To: CHARLITE
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:29:11 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: riri
Jees, and I don't even have the patients to cut a straight slice...Doc, you should read "Freakonomics". Be honest; the reason you don't have any patients is BECAUSE you can't cut a straight slice.
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:29:47 PM PDT
by
streetpreacher
(If at the end of the day, 100% of both sides are not angry with me, I've failed.)
To: Steve_Seattle
I think that's the Taj Mahal.
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posted on
06/29/2005 3:30:05 PM PDT
by
nina0113
To: nuconvert
The Sumo wrestler is Asoshoriyu. He is the man in Japanese Sumo and he is also Mongolian. I saw him in action and he was a bad mother.
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