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Calusarii

2009-12-25T23:57:00.008+02:00

[Calusarii - Kah'loo'sha'ry][one of the oldest Romanian traditions][Dacian heritage]

[Kah'loo'sha'ry from Costesti dancing Romana][today's Dacians remembering their Roman ancestors]

[the dance of the Dacian youth][ancient Dacian winter ceremony][the force of the dance and the rhythm used in a magical ceremony for luck, happiness, joy and prosperity]

[young and proud][like their ancestors]

[shy][asking....and...]

[dancing][young Dacian lads and lasses]

[leaving][good bye until next year][wishes of health, joy and prosperity to you all]

Halloween Charity Ball @ The People's Palace

2009-11-02T00:39:00.011+02:00

[Uniri Hall][People's Palace][Bucharest]

[Ethan Hawke][wearing the suit of Starbuck, which he plays in the new TV series Moby Dick]

[the US Ambassador in Romania][Mark Gitenstein]

[Cabral & Adela][great smiles]

[Horia Brenciu][great voice]

[Leslie & Ethan Hawke][great people]

[a Dacian] [@ The People's Palace]

[photo credit] [HokaHey]

sacred places of the dacians

2009-09-27T15:00:00.009+03:00

[sarmizegetusa regia][the round sanctuary of the immortals]

[the paved road to the temple][more than 2000 years of civilization]

[murus dacicus - the dacian wall][the fencing of the sacred places]

[the mistery of the water][the flow]

[the mistery of the stones][the shrines]

[the mistery of the wood][the sanctuary]

[the mistery of the soul][dacian's son]

Dacians never died!

through europe

2009-06-29T15:24:00.006+03:00

Budapest

[Elisabeth Bridge]

[Saint Gellert Hill]

[Danube and Hungarian Parliament]

Innsbruck

[river Inn and bridge (bruck)]

[evening view]

[view from Schloss Ambras (Ambras Castle)]

[the Olympic Mountain]

Prague

[the old city of Prague]

[Vltava river ]

wildlife

2009-04-22T23:06:00.005+03:00

earth day

[akela][the leader of the pack]

[nut, stick and ape]

[manure and butterfly]

[a'ya' talkin' 2 me? a?]

[financial crisis][no toothpaste]

[i'm building a house][what about you?]

The treasures of Hateg Country

2009-04-19T23:20:00.005+03:00

[wild and beautiful][majestic Carpathian mountains]

[G-ral Berthelot mansion][a shadow of long forgotten glory]

[roman stones][Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa]

[still standing] or [standing still][capital of roman province Dacia Felix]

[faith][sunlight upon Densus church]

[the Two Towers?][mountains of Gondor?]...

...[no][Retezat Mountains][vote!]

making of

2009-04-19T22:56:00.006+03:00

Pathway through the ages

[even if it looks like, it's not the shooting of Troy][Rahan in action]

[the long way up][pathway to the "Castle in the Carpathians"][Coltz Citadel]

[smile, you're on candid camera][Rahan and Ze'La]

[what's so special about those walls anyway...?!][find out]

[why did those people build the citadel up here?][didn't they know it's hard to climb it?]

[ohhh....what a landscape][you have to come here and see it with your own eyes!]

red castle

2009-04-14T22:00:00.002+03:00

[Cantacuzino-Pascanu-Waldenburg mansion][Hemeius - Bacau County - Romania]

birds

2009-04-12T20:15:00.004+03:00

[bucharest][today][youth park]

valkyrie

2009-04-11T13:11:00.002+03:00

...or amazon....

[more about valkyries...]

[more about amazons....]

fish

2009-04-11T13:01:00.002+03:00

[nemo was absent that day]

blooming meadows

2009-04-04T22:50:00.012+03:00

[I wish you all a wonderful spring]

never to be forgotten

2009-04-02T20:01:00.008+03:00

[marasesti mausoleum]

[HEROES]

[to their eternal glory]

Horseback II

2009-01-25T20:01:00.004+02:00

[father and son]

[uhmmmm...yummy][I want some too]

[from up here the world looks smaler]

[hihihi][daddy still has to learn] [photo:Rahan]

Horseback

2009-01-25T19:40:00.006+02:00

[dracula club][near bucharest]

[taming the beast]

[firm but gentle touch]

[saddling]

[first time doing stunts]

[the ladies][a walk]

Sarajevo

2008-12-10T02:10:00.010+02:00

[not far from now, there was a blood bath][under siege for more than 1400 days]

[long ago][used to be a symbol of the olympic games]

[before that, it was the starting point of WW1][Ferdinand bridge]

[in the beggining it was a place of brotherhood and tolerance][Bey mosque minaret and cathedral tower]

[now it's peace][and silence on the hills]

[and the night brings light][and hope]

[under the perfect moon of Sarajevo][inshallah]

Beasts

2008-11-23T22:56:00.006+02:00

[Famous quotes]

["brave as a tiger"]

["free as a bird"]

["silent as a bear"]

[sometimes, even the after effects cannot remove the bars....]

Nice, right? we like them, we talk about them, we like to have their qualities...but we enslave them and keep them caged.

That's how the beasts look like today. In a Zoo. Dressed in jail bars.
Now tell me....who's the beast - them or us?

Zwischen Nebel und Geschichte

2008-09-19T22:43:00.011+03:00

betwen history and mists

[that's what I saw today][Cisnadioara - not far from Sibiu (Hermannstadt)]

[one of the few teutonic fortresses in the world][a place real knights never left]

[inside a welcoming house][apfelhaus]

[the link][kept in the shade...stimulating the imagination...]

[the message][adaptation/fitting]

[Swim fearless in the world outside
Your luck yourself you'll build with pride,
The place once home gave you its bless
Think back with joy and happiness...]

love lasts 3 years

2008-08-25T23:38:00.017+03:00

[undercloud theatre][director -Chris Simion]

[marc - freshly divorced][cristi iacob]

[anne - ex wife][adriana trandafir]

[alice - the lover][gabriela iacob]

[jean - a gay friend][vitalie bichir]

[passion]

[wedding gown]

[romance]

[alcohol]

[...after 3 years...]

[quote:]["love inevitably ends in body liquids - blood, sperm or tears"]
[enjoy!]

............................................

faces in the public....as requested

[shy?]

[false?]

[loud?]

[or sincere?]

[thanx anya][4 the comment][and 4 the challenge]

silent sunrise

2008-08-15T12:47:00.005+03:00

another hero

2008-07-28T21:29:00.005+03:00

[he was many][and like him, they never surrendered]

[and they died][and now they are legend]

[brave soldiers][heroes][never to be forgotten]

Pathway through the Ages

2008-07-25T19:35:00.007+03:00

[our history began somwhere here, between the mountains and the plains, sorrounded by clouds and mists...]

[we know little about our first forefathers, the brave dacians...]

[and little we know about their first beliefs][upon their shrines new ones were built]

[and other symbols kept the faith alive]

[only the stones remember how once was]

[and life goes on...and on...and on...]

yesterday

2008-07-25T14:28:00.004+03:00

[la motoare] [a nice place on top of the National Theatre]

[clouds come and go, friends 2]

remember

2008-07-25T13:56:00.005+03:00

[almost a century ago, he was a hero]

[1916-1919 WW1]

[in the line of fire, facing the enemy]

Violenzza

2008-07-10T08:49:00.006+03:00

I did a shooting the other day, for a campaign called "Violenzza - Love hurts?". It speaks, obviously, about domestic violence, about strange habits and about the "benefits" it brings to a coupple...I give you some samples:

[let's play some contact games and see who's stronger - the fist or the head]

[hide'n'seek - guess who's hidin' and who's seekin']

[tickling game - wow, it works fine with the foot too]

[nice day today, woman - let me give you five]

The campaign was initiated by a group of young volunteers in the frames of the European "Youth in Action" Programme. Congrats lads & lasses!

bucharest chainsaw tree massacre

2008-07-02T21:36:00.006+03:00

Bucharest,People's Palace back yard, 2nd of July 2008. The entire garden was killed and whiped out to make place for the National Redemption Cathedral, which, by the way, is expected to cost around 200 million euros, from people's money. A useless gigantic building sitting next to another useless gigantic building. Just to satisfy some futile need of glory... I would say it's murder, not only to massacre the trees, but to steal the fresh air from the people living there....not to mention that in that part of Bucharest there isn't another garden....only grey buildings, cars and dust....sad...

[in the morning]

[chainsaw tree massacre]

[R.I.P]

[in the afternoon]

...I'm not a horror movie fan, but as I have seen today the "Bucharest chainsaw tree massacre" I would pay big to see also "The return of the living dead trees" or "The nature strikes back", or even "The two(towers)buildings - Saruman defeated by the trees"....until then...enjoy the dust!

swans and baby ducks

2008-06-29T22:48:00.009+03:00

[i'll be mr. white]

[and i'll be mr. black]

[yeah, yeah...and i'll be the princess]

[we eat humans...especially their hands...]

[then we drink fresh water....]

[and then we....you know....this time me and mr. white....]

[then little ones appear....out of the sudden...]

[but much prettier than that....poor commoners...ducks....]

jump into the water contest

2008-06-18T23:21:00.007+03:00

I went to the seaside for a day...and that's what I saw:

[it's mine! I was here first!.....no! it's mine!...]

[feet in the air style]

[drunken monk style]

[open legs style]

[couch'n tiger here's the dragon style]

[bigger, better, faster....so what?]

seagulls

2008-06-18T23:14:00.005+03:00

[free as a bird...]

[sky's the limit...]

[sharp eye...good view]

[go west...]

[into the see...]

euro 2008 - final game for Romania

2008-06-18T01:00:00.007+03:00

a game seen thrugh the eyes of the crowd

[first it was confidence]

[then it was hope]

[suddenly their world collapsed]

[but still...maybe....perhaps...our boys out there are brave...]

[no...they're not....it's over...2-0...]

[just go home!...and wash your feet!]

too hot mon cher

2008-05-28T01:13:00.004+03:00

Swiming [naked] in the middle of the city

[the air is hot....the water is cool]

[is there any chance to meet a crocodile???]

[I'm so tired....I think I'll take a nap....]

Yeha Noha - wishes of happiness and prosperity

2008-05-21T13:05:00.007+03:00

[Ya ta say]
[greetings] (apache)

Native Americans in Bucharest

[akicita - can wakan he-ay-hee-ee] [ the peacekeepers - sun dance, a call to the great spirit] (lakota)

[I named him Shunke Canku - Iron Horse] (lakota)

[lupan - silaada ][Grey Fox - the soldier ](apache)

[siyotanka - wichasha wakan][flute singing medicine man](lakota)

[hi-disho] [ it is finished]
[ka dish day] [ farewell / until we meet again] (apache)

show. eros show!

2008-05-08T23:43:00.006+03:00

[do I need to explain????] [ ginger devil]

[famous adult movies superstar] [ mya diamond]

[sort of matrix dance] [mya]

[i surely like that blue] [mya again]

[i don't understand what are they doing there...:)] [symba & taboo boys]

[wanna see more?....try here ]

Men's day in Bucharest

2008-05-06T11:43:00.008+03:00

[at least a part of it...the one men like most...at least some of them]

[honey bunnies]

[who's the most (something) contest]

[as(s) they walk]

[the smile alone was worth every penny]

[perfect combination....black and orange..]

[..cars and girls...]

[..until they get bored]

easter night

2008-04-27T14:21:00.006+03:00

[resurrection]

[outer light]

[slipping saints]

[reading fairy tales]

[the rest is silence]

funghi

2008-04-20T17:34:00.004+03:00

today I've discovered this in the park:

[a bunch of blonde twins]

[actually living @ the "grassroots"]

[beautiful but poisonous]

[not long after, a kid walking by asked his mother:
"mom, what are those?"
"mushrooms"
...and then, for no particular reason, he overrode them.....]

update

2008-04-20T01:01:00.005+03:00

carpathians again

[looks like they're only a few feets away]

[sunny carpahians, cloudy bucharest]

[dark clouds - magnificent view]

back to the city

2008-04-14T01:00:00.007+03:00

for starters...

[sort of "woman in red/matrix" effect - she was walking and the men were frozen on the sidewalk...nice view]

and then...

[looks like money, right?]

and after that...

[traffic jam]

in the end...

[objects in the mirror are closer than they appear...]

up to 2008 [m]

2008-03-23T11:29:00.012+02:00

Seeing the Carpathians from Bucharest gave me the irresistible urge to climbe them...and that's what I did...

[changing altitude][changing colours]

[last signs of ancient civilisations][inspiration for Jules Verne - "The Castle in the Carpathians"]

[time has other values up here][life too]

[last tree standing]or[the highest in the block - around 1850m altitude]

[wait for me!!!]

[what are the humans doing here?]

[around 2008][+- some inches]

The carpathians

2008-03-03T10:50:00.003+02:00

From my office window I can see the Carpathians...of course, only when the sky is clear (and that's so rare...). The point is that almost nobody believes me when I say that (because there are about 60Km between Bucharest and the Carpathian mountains, and seeing them seems quite a performance)....Today, 3.03.08, I saw the Carpathians again...for the first time this year...and that's the proof!

[old postcard look]

[the real thing]

phallic symbols

2008-02-19T16:15:00.004+02:00

just a couple for 2day...

[UN ION - translation = One John]

[old alien spaceship - MIB effect]

in the sky

2008-02-19T15:35:00.006+02:00

[go west...]

[white watermelon?....moon in the afternoon]

[grey watermelon ?.... 5h before the eclipse]

[orange watermelon?....5.oo AM...the eclipse...]

[watermelon bitten by the werewolves..] [without long exposure...as seen by the eye..]

on stage

2008-02-17T23:57:00.008+02:00

concerts...stages...singers...crowd

[turn the lights on!][band - Directia 5]

[come on!... where's the light??!!]

[aaaa....there it is...]

[V day... freezing cold....100 people tops...]

[she was trying to smile...useless...2 cold] [singer - Randi]

[i'm gonna bite that mic...][singer - Stefan Banica jr.]

[who's the king now, huh??!!!] [photo taken by Rahan, same concert]

politikon

2008-02-06T23:11:00.004+02:00

university square...some sort of peaceful protest...

[people talking: ...was comunism so bad, after all...?]

[blue leaf]

[national flag with stencil]

[The 30th Honor Guard Regiment "Mihai Viteazul"] [good looking lads]

random

2008-02-02T11:04:00.001+02:00

[translation][the city is ours]

[impaled egg and building]

[I..I]

@night

2008-02-02T10:51:00.000+02:00

urban ghosts and shadows

roofs

2008-02-01T23:55:00.001+02:00

Seen from above, Bucharest looks interesting, don't you think?

2/day

2008-02-01T23:12:00.001+02:00

Starting today I will publish here some of my photos...maybe not the best, but the ones I like, the ones showing interesting things ...at least from my perspective...

So...as I said...2 photos....same place, same day....

People's Palace....world's second biggest building

...in the morning....

....in the afternoon...