Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Thaipusam

Mais uma manha no escritorio, a boss esta numa reuniao por isso aproveito para escrever. Esta semana foi mais calma e dedicada a descobrir a cidade. Finalmente tive um fim de semana a serio, mesmo depois de ter engonhado a resolver o trabalho pendente. Sabado foi o dia dedicado a cultura, neste dia celebrou-se o Thaipusam, um festival em honra de um dos filhos de Shiva. O festival comeca num templo lindo de morrer, recheado de figuras esculpidas no telhado. Mas ali o que impressiona e mesmo o ambiente, milhares de hindus vestidos com roupas coloridas e brilhantes, o cheiro a incenso que e tao abundante que penetra em todos os nossos poros e comeca a provocar zumbido na cabeca. Dentro do templo ha pequenos altares com oferendas aos deuses e ha batuques de tambor em tudo quanto e canto. Veem-se varios aglomerados de pessoas em volta de outra com uma armacao de metal em volta. Quando nos aproximamos descobrimos o que verdadeiramente se passa. As familias entoam canticos aos familiares, cantam musicas de encorajamento enquanto os perfuram com variadissimos objectos como anzois, espetos, etc em varias zomas do corpo como as bochechas, a lingua, na testa, nas costas, no peito ou na barriga. Sim meus meninos vi senhores a serem perfurados com ferros na lingua, como mostra a imagem e nao deitarem uma pinga de sangue e sem se queixarem….depois de devidamente cheios de furos na carne varios homens levantam as estruturas de metal decoradas, prendem uma especie de arame a cada ‘piercing’ que acabaram de fazer e danca ao som dos batuques. Esta cerimonia tem inicio meses antes quando eles se comecam a purificar para serem capazes de cumprir a tarefa. Supostamente nao sangram porque o seu Deus esta dentro deles e da-lhe forca para continuar…dizem… Aquilo e a loucura para a familia toda e como se nao bastasse ainda vao carregar tudo aquilo as costas ate ao outro templo que fica a Kms de distancia…Era 1 da manha ainda estavam a chegar ao templo…O que tenho a dizer e que no minimo e impressionante as coisas que fazem a eles proprios em honra do deus, a quantidade de incenso que estava naquele sitio, a quantidade de pessoas que vai a este festival e toda a celebracao em volta…bem ja experienciei e nao me parece que volte…

Se alguem decidir ver este festival, please n facam como eu e levem vestidos, ao menos que tenham umas calcas por baixo, ou caso contrario as hindus olharao para voces de lado e os hindus olharao bem de frente…

O resto do tempo foi passado a descobrir a Arab Street, passo num instante da India para Marrocos num instante, onde as esplanadas estao a abarrotar de pessoas a conversar alto, com musica e a fumar chicha…

Domingo foi dia de ir a praia, mesmo que o sol nos tivesse a fazer caretas e se recusasse a aparecer e depois foi ver-nos passear por Sentosa, a ilha do sitio com praia….

Mais novidades daqui ?A minha luta com pauzinhos esta cada vez mais facil… Descobri o sitio para se estar a beber cafe numa esplanada rente ao rio, para se sair a noite e beber um copo ou entao ate dancar ate as tantas. Vao ser varias horas passadas ali, a experimentar novos pratos e a escrever milhoes de cartas para Portugal e outros paises do mundo.

Por aqui ja me sinto menos alien, nao tenho registado baratinhas em casa, embora de vez em quando seja presenteada com uma osga ou duas…e no outro dia percebemos que as ratazanas andam pelo tamanho de coelhos medios, grande, gordas e com um rabo nojento…nao, nao tinhamos disto em casa, encontramos na rua e gritamos feitas loucas enquanto um casal que se assustou com os nossos gritos nos olhou com um ar reprensivo, do genero ‘sao so ratinhos ‘…

Para alem da convivencia pacifica com a bicheza esta gente nao reclama de nada, nao se chateia se e abalroado no metro, ou se lhe passam a frente na fila. Teem todos os ultimos modelos de telemovel, estao sempre a mandar mensagens, que escrevem com as duas maos, e vao o metro inteiro a olhar para o chao, os chineses nao olham as pessoas de frente e considerado um desafio. Este post ja e uma colagem de coisas, e pior, sem acentos porque este teclado nao conhece essas coisas. Ai vou enfiar-me de novo em tabelas de excel.

10 comments:

Dany said...

LOL!!
Apesar dos 1001 assuntos diferentes enfiados no mesmo post, adorei todas as novidades!

João said...

enquanto houver um café agradável à beira rio/mar/lago/canal está tudo bem! =D

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