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Saturday, March 5, 2016
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There are two totem poles on Songhees point, one of which is pictured above. Oddly enough, whenever I see totem poles here lately I am reminded of South Korea, where I worked for a year some time ago. While moving around the country I several times saw collections of what at first glance appeared to be totem poles near the entrances to villages or small towns. The resemblance between these Korean poles and our local totem poles is striking though it is quite superficial. You can see many examples of the Korean poles HERE.
All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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4 comments:
I always like seeing these. There are a number of them in the national capital, including one at Rideau Hall.
Love totem poles.
So interesting! Did the idea come over from Korea in prehistoric times?
This one looks awesome!
We once had a Totem Pole in the middle of Cologne for a few weeks... I even photographed it with my smartphone... beau-ti-ful!
PS - Many Altaic people used to have Totems (Ongun for example) and/or ceremonial poles, which once became the norm after having used trees for ceremonies ...(in very early time). ;)
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