Sunday, November 11, 2012

My stealthy photo

This picture was taken the night before Idul-Adha, the holiday on which Muslims sacrifice goats and cows in order to commemorate the time when Abraham went to the mountain to sacrifice Ishmael but God provided a ram instead.  Then they butcher all the animals (right there on the lawn) and divide up the meat among the people in the neighborhood.  Usually the poor people get more, but I think pretty much everybody gets all they can handle without a refrigerator.  On the night of the holiday there was hardly anybody on the roads, and later I heard it was because they were all 'drunk' on satay (grilled meat on a stick).  They ate so much they couldn't move!  FYI- I know that the story is actually Abraham and Isaac, but the Al-Qu'ran says it's Ishmael. 
I like this photo because I think it looks kind of eery and cool, but also because I saw the stable on the front lawn of the mosque on our way home from the airport and thought it would make a cool photo.  So I went home and got my camera, stealthily snuck up the hill in the dark, and took the picture.  Somewhere in there I was not that stealthy and slid halfway down the hill into a bush.  Just ignore that part.  Point is, I really enjoy photography but rarely have the time to just get into the car and go take a picture.  Therefore, I like this photo because I took the time to do it, and Jeremy agreed that it was a good use of my time.  Yay for hobbies!

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