The Canadian Navy just celebrated 100 years of existance, and here in Victoria we lit things on fire, shone lights around, and blew stuff up. The usual. Slightly more seriously, there was an excellent 15 minute long firework display, and as I’d volunteered with a local group to work with the lanterns and light art [...]
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Imperial Leftovers
The survival into the modern era of random bits of the colonial/imperial era has always interested me. Bagpipes are also kind of cool. When outdoors. Thus, The Bagpipes of Palestine from the BBC. Amazing what survives against long odds, isn’t it?
