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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Swamped...

Betel nut stand. Courtesy of Cary Broder.

Swamped. It will be two more days, so until then, puzzle over this strange betel nut stand my man Cary Broder photographed somewhere in the wilds of Taiwan.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 27, 2013 at 3:40 PM

    Seen from this angle the two symbols combine into the Seal of Theosophy. These are Buddhist symbols too. Maybe the installer couldn't place the swastika flat on its edge. Oops!

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  2. Andrew CarlOctober 28, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    Well the swastika is spinning to the left and not the right. I have seen tilted anti clockwise swastikas in Buhhist temples.

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  3. Philip L.October 29, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    See http://fragmentaselecta.blogspot.ca/2007/03/swastika-fylfot-cross.html for an interesting article on the swastika.

    And here's a really interesting blog on the 'Star of David'

    http://star-of-david.blogspot.ca

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  4. AnonymousNovember 2, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    A better symbol for "One Country, Two Systems" could hardly be devised.

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