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Clio Karabelias performing at the Fireflies Festival of Music, April 14, 2007

I shot over 500 pictures and need more time to process them. For now, please enjoy this picture of Clio Karabelias playing the harp (another). She appears to have been the most photographed performer of the evening, judging by the number of pictures I’ve seen. There’s a comment or two to be made there on the nature of publicity.

More in a few days.

The Fireflies Festival of Sacred Music is happening this weekend, from 6PM on Saturday, April 14th, to 6AM the next morning. These pictures are from last year (a report).

The festival is held at Fireflies Ashram, some 30 km south of Bangalore on Kanakapura road. Here’s contact information, a map, and the location in Google Maps. The schedule is up on Wikipedia. Tickets cost about Rs 200 and can be purchased at the venue.

Some of us have been considering using Fireflies as a location for barcampish events over an extended weekend. This will be a good chance to go check out the place.

Holi celebrations at NITC, Calicut, Kerala, March 4, 2007.

Moments before I got streaked silver and blue, by the raucous crowds at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. The silver turned out to be oil-based and wouldn’t wash off with water. I went into my talk suitably gray-haired, and that possibly gave some credence of respectability.

On the whole, a good, fun weekend.