Comments on: Caption This: Carnival Style http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nikhil http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-269157 Nikhil Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:16:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-269157 <p>My guess would also be that this float is just Brazilians dressed like Desis. I was in Salvador, Brazil last year. I never came across any Desis, but you'd be surprised about how a lot of Brazilians just love Indian aesthetics.</p> <p>That reminds me of this really dumb but insanely popular telenovela over there, "Caminho das Índias". Bunch of Brazilian actors & actresses trying to portray Indian culture ... it's nothing short of hilarious.</p> My guess would also be that this float is just Brazilians dressed like Desis. I was in Salvador, Brazil last year. I never came across any Desis, but you’d be surprised about how a lot of Brazilians just love Indian aesthetics.

That reminds me of this really dumb but insanely popular telenovela over there, “Caminho das Índias”. Bunch of Brazilian actors & actresses trying to portray Indian culture … it’s nothing short of hilarious.

]]> By: RG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268889 RG Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:38:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268889 <p>Sorry, I should've been clear. Mine was a response to Puliogare's</p> <p>"I didnt know they had desis in brazil. are they desis, or brazilians dressed like desis?"</p> Sorry, I should’ve been clear. Mine was a response to Puliogare’s

“I didnt know they had desis in brazil. are they desis, or brazilians dressed like desis?”

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268888 Yoga Fire Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:17:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268888 <blockquote>I don't think it's even Desi. I am almost sure it's a Thai/Bali/Indonesian float. </blockquote> <p>It's not Desi. It's Brazilian. If a Brazilian float has a bunch of folks in saris and a giant Hindu-looking figure in the center, what do you expect they're trying to evoke?</p> <p>In other words, when someone shows you a picture of Lakshmi Devi, is the average person's first reaction going to be "OH MY GOD! They worship her in Thailand/Bali/Indonesia?"</p> I don’t think it’s even Desi. I am almost sure it’s a Thai/Bali/Indonesian float.

It’s not Desi. It’s Brazilian. If a Brazilian float has a bunch of folks in saris and a giant Hindu-looking figure in the center, what do you expect they’re trying to evoke?

In other words, when someone shows you a picture of Lakshmi Devi, is the average person’s first reaction going to be “OH MY GOD! They worship her in Thailand/Bali/Indonesia?”

]]> By: RG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268887 RG Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:07:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268887 <p>I don't think it's even Desi. I am almost sure it's a Thai/Bali/Indonesian float.</p> <p>In the interest of the caption contest,</p> <p>"Brahma's Ark"</p> I don’t think it’s even Desi. I am almost sure it’s a Thai/Bali/Indonesian float.

In the interest of the caption contest,

“Brahma’s Ark”

]]> By: Branch Dravidian http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268864 Branch Dravidian Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:43:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268864 <p>It looks like the goddess SoniaGandhi...</p> It looks like the goddess SoniaGandhi…

]]> By: boston_mahesh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268846 boston_mahesh Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:20:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268846 <p>I would caption this with a quote from Lula: “I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else, ... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.” And one from Lalu: "I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad."</p> <p>It's disgusting how smart I am.</p> I would caption this with a quote from Lula: “I don’t need arms, and neither does anyone else, … At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.” And one from Lalu: “I work so much. If I don’t get all the comforts, I will turn mad.”

It’s disgusting how smart I am.

]]> By: ss http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268835 ss Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:28:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268835 <p>:I didnt know they had desis in brazil. are they desis, or brazilians dressed like desis? brasillıans dressed as desis though they got some details spot on lıke the sacred whıte threads etc etc.</p> :I didnt know they had desis in brazil. are they desis, or brazilians dressed like desis? brasillıans dressed as desis though they got some details spot on lıke the sacred whıte threads etc etc.

]]> By: Anuradha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268771 Anuradha Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:45:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268771 <p>Brahma, Brazil, and Bhangra</p> Brahma, Brazil, and Bhangra

]]> By: Puliogre in da USA http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268770 Puliogre in da USA Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:13:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268770 <p>I didnt know they had desis in brazil. are they desis, or brazilians dressed like desis?</p> I didnt know they had desis in brazil. are they desis, or brazilians dressed like desis?

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/22/caption_this_ca/comment-page-1/#comment-268769 Yoga Fire Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:00:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6111#comment-268769 <blockquote> i was at the carnıval. the float did give me something to scream about but the music was consistently same fıor the partıcular school. so ıt was only samba. no bhangra beats sorry</blockquote> <p>Ah good. We are safe for now. But sooner or later someone will do a fusion and when they do, we will have weaponized getting funky.</p> i was at the carnıval. the float did give me something to scream about but the music was consistently same fıor the partıcular school. so ıt was only samba. no bhangra beats sorry

Ah good. We are safe for now. But sooner or later someone will do a fusion and when they do, we will have weaponized getting funky.

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