Winter Kite
WINTER KITE. New Years Day 2015. Jockeys Ridge. Nags Head NC. #obx #burnnewyear2015 #nagshead
Walnut Tree
This is the #walnut #tree in the #orchard at my grandparents’ home. Everything is closed today on January 1st in #Moinesti, so I took a walk to the edge of town to visit the place I called home until I was seven. When I was a child, we had fruits and nuts from the orchard, …
Happy 2015!
Happy 2015! So happy to have started my new year with my family at a lodge restaurant in #Comanești town… with lots of #food and #dancing! (I forgot just how much Romanians love both.) #Romania #NewYear2015 @dianazeynebalhindawi for @burndiary BURN invites you to hashtag your images over these 24 hours with #BurnNewYear2015
Let’s Get the Fire Going…
BURN READERS PORTFOLIO OF THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE NEW YEAR 2015. AN OPEN PHOTO DIALOGUE. [instagram-theatre]
Gabi and Anca
These are my new friends, Gabi and Anca. Gabi is the #ringmaster and has been #bear dancing for ages. His grandfather, who passed in 1997, was a famous bear dancer in the area. Anca, his fiancé, took up bear dancing just this year. This was only the second time she’d been out with the bears. …
Door to door
When I was a child, bears would go from door to door, performing for anyone who welcomed them into their homes and could afford to pay them a tip. Nowadays, they only schedule visits to houses that invite them ahead of time. My grandmother said this is because most people no longer have money to …
Lady bears
Nice to see some lady bears in the mix too. Here they are taking a break by town park in Moinesti. #Romania #winter #beardance @dianazeynebalhindawi for @burndiary
Bear Parade
Moinesti had its annual Bear Parade today. Bear dances are part of a number of age old traditions specific to this part of #Romania between Christmas and the New Year. These traditions are the reason I am visiting during the cold #winter. They are some of the things I miss most about #Moinesti. To explain …