Onam

Onam (ഓണം - written in Malayalam) is a 10-day harvest festival celebrated by the people of Kerala, India - aka my people. Wikipedia's article on Onam pretty much covers everything I wanted to iterate - the significance, the rituals, the legend, activities, etc!

One of the fun activity during this festival is to create flower circle - called Pooklam (ഓണപ്പൂക്കളം). 
From wiki:

And this flower circle was made at the Mumbai station (courtesy of my friend there):

One of my favorite part of Onam is the food which is rice + at least 5 - 7 dishes served on banana leaf on the last day of festivities:

And once again, wikipedia to the rescue - this link has some of the usual items served.

This is also a festival of music, dance and games. Tug-of-war is one of the most popular game played... which I got a chance to play this Saturday, and my team won!

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - The Day of the Doctor

So for those waiting for one of the amazing thing to happen in 2013 - here is probably the best one - The Day of the Doctor - a Doctor Who movie (75 minutes in length) for its 50th Anniversary! Don't forget there is still the Christmas special which marks the 800th episode of Doctor Who as a whole! Say Who?!

BBC One's trailer for the 50th anniversary and for those with 3D glasses here is the 3D version!


Fan-made trailers follows:





Courtesy: The Mary Sue

New Harry Potter movie?!

Well it is a bit of stretch, this movie won't be part of the Harry Potter series, but rather is a "Harry Potter"-inspired movie from the "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them" and set to kick off in New York, 70 years before Harry's story start.

Link to the book on Amazon for those interested!

Courtesy: The Mary Sue

Youtube video-plosion! Chipotle, Unicorn Doctor, Pole Dancing and Suit Song!

Chipotle's video to promote their organically-farmed meat and produce went viral in about 2 days.


It is Unicorn Doctor, enough said.


Pole Dancing done by a SD user who's name I shall not mention, but she will be reading this post :P


And finally the Suit Song!

Drumcat Street Performance

Amazing drumming!

A tragic twist to a damsel rescue mission

An animation about a damsel rescue going wrong, while in reality it is far worse. Beware, this video contains domestic violence and might make you sad for the rest of the day.


Un Conte from GOBELINS pro on Vimeo.
Durée : 2:24

Réalisé par :
Guillaume Arantes https://vimeo.com/guillaumearantes
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Contact production :
GOBELINS, l'école de l'image, Moïra Marguin : mmarguin@gobelins.fr

Contact festival :
guillaume.arantes@hotmail.fr

Contact Distribution :
La distribution des films produits par GOBELINS, l'école de l'image est assurée par L'Agence du court métrage. Contact : f.keller@agencecm.com.

Sloths!

To my lazy friend out there, here is some sloth-y sloth stuff for you! :P

Meet the sloths from Lucy Cooke on Vimeo.
Courtesy: Lifehacker

Oh! You must check this shirt out!