Times have changed! The Soviet Army, the guardian of materialism and the implacable enemy of religion, has become the Russian army, with flying churches:: I quote from Russia Today::here::
Airborne priests and flying churches are set to fortify Russian soldiers’ spirits. Now priests who serve in the Russian Army will have to learn basics of military training to deal with an extraordinary device.
A unique hi-tech air-dropped church will be introduced in the army. The airborne church is reportedly needed because there are special sacraments in the Orthodox Church that demand a substantial number of utensils. However, some suggest the church could be used in order to bump up soldiers’ spirits. Others have a bold assumption that the project’s aim is to totally demoralize enemy with an unbelievable scene: a plethora of priests raining down from the skyline.
In order to match their new flying service, chaplains from the Russian Airborne Force will have to take part in military games in mid-March with their fellow-servicemen. They will not only practice parachute jumping, but also study the construction of a platform carrying the brand new airborne church.

If I personally were on the battlefield and saw Russian Orthodox priests raining down from the heavens with an onion-dome church festooned with icons, I would immediately put down my weapon and seek out a psychiatrist.

這張照片錯扗哪裏？
((先穿毛衣再看答案~~~))

那是「車前草」，怎扗輪胎邊？應該扗車子前面。
果然冷。

Yeah.

凌純聲、芮逸夫民國二十五年左右于雲南、貴州拍攝的無聲影片。這段似乎是景頗舞蹈。可以確定的是，四十九秒的女性確實是景頗，應是臨滄一帶的。
A silent movie shot in about 1936. Judging from the clothes and the dance, I suspect the dancers are Jingpo (Kachin). The women who appear at 0:49 are definitely Jingpo.

臺灣博物館「人類學的足跡特展」三、四個月，結果我們趕扗最後一個下午去看。除文物之外，還播放凌純聲、芮逸夫民國二十六年前後于雲南、貴州拍的影片，我們倆站扗那看了一個小時。
很想錄幾段，當然此時相機快沒電。但這兩段似乎是苗族蘆笙舞：

The Taiwan Museum had an exhibit about anthropologists. In addition to a small but superb collection of artifacts dating as far back as the Shang dynasty (2nd m BC), there was a film shot around 1937 in southwestern China. We stood there for an hour watching it, and, of course, since I wanted to film parts of it, my camera battery was almost dead. I did get several clips, including these two, of Hmong dances with the khaene, or qeej. Experts assure me that khaene and qeej are different spellings of the same word, and pronounced alike, something like 'kling' which is why it is spelled that way. Beyond me!

I really wonder about the last part, rolling about. Is that part of the traditional dance? Or did he just want to show the cameras that he could do it? Or maybe he was kind of mooning the camera. Anybody know?

Everybody knows that Rush Limbaugh is a low-class hypocrite. However, he does have his devoted followers who leap to his defense in this carefully reasoned website. It is well worth looking into.
http://defendrush.org/

今年雨水多、陽光少、不怎冷，所以櫻花開得不怎樣。但有開。
Not much in the way of cherry blossoms this year, but some.