Monday, March 3, 2008

Thaipusam Photo Essay & Melbourne Armenians


Egyptophile tattoo, Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

On Sunday, Naava, Ronichka and I went off to eat sweet pastries and and learn about Melbourne's Armenian community. What we learnt was that they make yummy sweet pastries, play an interesting blend of Turkish-Arab-Persian music and love a good barbecue.

I love Melbourne.

And in other news, I have a downloadable PDF of a photo essay of mine, published in this month's The Expat magazine, which is based in Singapore. They're all photos taken at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, about a month ago.

Download the PDF here, and enjoy!




Armenian baklava, Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Painter at work, Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Armenian meats, Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Armenian sweets, Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Armenian three-piece, Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

And here, for good measure, is a photo of my grandmother with some of her heavenly freshly baked tea cakes. Food for thought.


Jill's tea cakes, South Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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