City Daily Photo's theme today is "people-watching."Oi, what to do? -- normally I am reluctant to point a camera at strangers' faces.
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But quite unexpectedly I found myself on a party boat plying the waters of the Sea of Galilee where mutual picture-taking became perfectly kosher.
Following the festive Mass atop Mt. Tabor for the Feast of the Transfiguration, the frocked group leader of our chartered bus surprised us by announcing that before returning to their parish in the Old City of Jerusalem we would head north to Tiberias for a boat ride.
It was a hot day down there, several hundred meters below sea level, but the friar told the captain to play Arab music full blast and the energy of the music coupled with the enthusiasm of the priest got many people up and dancing for hours.
Even I, the only Jew among the mostly local Arab Christians of the group, was tempted to come to the circle and try the happy Arab dances.
But I remained the perennial wallflower and enjoyed taking pictures for the blog instead.
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(See what other CDP bloggers are posting for people-watching
either at Julie's Theme Day site or on Facebook.)
.either at Julie's Theme Day site or on Facebook.)
You planned this one very well, Dina!
ReplyDeleteHow lucky Dina, this gave you the perfect opportunity for your 'people watching' shot..It always amazes me when you write things like 'a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee', it fascinates me what becomes just 'normal' for you.
ReplyDeletePerfect Dina!
ReplyDeleteAh... davcing and music. That's me today too. What do they say about great minds...?
ReplyDeleteYes Dina, I am very reticent about shooting the faces of people, but for this theme I went all out with one of the few people I have ever asked for a portrait>
ReplyDeleteYou post is just so interesting, I would love to visit Jerusalem/Israel/Palestine one day.
Happy Theme Day
what a fun experience. great images and i can hear the music and laughter through your photo
ReplyDeleteHappy days!!!
ReplyDeleteAt least you didn't run into any naked U.S. congressman. That must have been a relief! ;-)
ReplyDeleteArab music will get anybody's feet tapping! I'm glad that pointing your camera turned out to be okay in this case and we got to share the joy.
ReplyDeleteYour entire day sounds so exotic to me. From the Sea of Galilee to Arab dance music. Wow.
ReplyDeleteFrom walking towards dancing - there's hope on the water in your environment.
ReplyDeletePlease have a wonderful new month ahead.
Sometime it's difficult to resist to dance Dina :-) I understand what you mean !
ReplyDeleteSounds like quite the event. So glad you got this photo to share for Theme Day!
ReplyDeletewell done!
ReplyDeleteThe perfect Theme Day photo - what a happy moment!
ReplyDelete"Jerusalem Hills Daily Photo" has been included in the A Sunday Drive for this week. I hope this helps to point even more new visitors in your direction.
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This sound like fun and you got your picture!
ReplyDeleteI shoot at anyone who gets in the way of my lens:-)
I bet it was really a fun experience, Dina.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteI know (a little ) how you feel about photographing strangers. I feel... odd myself. Glad you had a comfortable situation for your theme day photo. I love the energy here!
ReplyDeleteA party on a boat?? Great, count on me for the next one.
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to see you dancing, Dina.
ReplyDeleteClarification:
ReplyDeleteWait, wait! I said I was "tempted" to get up and dance but, as usual, I stayed sitting on the sidelines.