Occasional Toronto: Glamourous Birds

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Glamourous Birds

These birds are actually shoes from Myanmar made in the shape of hintha birds. They are made for young boys for the Shinpyu ceremony and are designed to be disposable in order to reenact Buddha's abandonment of his royal privilege and finery. They were part of an exhibit of "Glittering Footwear From Around The Globe" at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Taking part in Saturday's Critters. Click HERE to see more creatures from around the world.

15 comments:

Sharon said...: These are amazing. I hadn't thought about ceremonial shoes being in the exhibit.; June 15, 2019 at 11:24 AM
PerthDailyPhoto said...: Oh no I would never dispose of them Pat, so beautiful. It's so interesting learning of the customs around the world. Speaking about shoes, we have an odd annual event here in Perth, swimmers use a giant thong (flip flop) to swim out around the bouy and back at Cottesloe beach. I really need to take some pics of that ☺; June 15, 2019 at 11:29 AM
Anne Hagman-Niilola said...: Wow! exciting!; June 15, 2019 at 12:17 PM
eileeninmd said...: Hello,

Wow, these are cool and decorated shoes. Pretty birds. Thanks for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your day and weekend.; June 15, 2019 at 12:42 PM
Taken For Granted said...: Amazing looking shoes. Glad they wound up in the museum.; June 15, 2019 at 1:19 PM
Bill said...: Those shoes are so pretty.; June 15, 2019 at 2:25 PM
~Lavender Dreamer~ said...: How ornate and beautiful! It makes you so glad that things are preserved in museums!; June 15, 2019 at 3:03 PM
William Kendall said...: Quite unusual.; June 15, 2019 at 4:01 PM
Kay said...: Wow. Those are beautiful -- and what interesting ceremonial garb. This museum is offering very unexpected pieces. I'm enjoying the tour.; June 15, 2019 at 9:54 PM
Linda said...: Pretty cool!; June 16, 2019 at 1:22 AM
s.c said...: After seeing the history of the Yanxi palace I am not surprised anymore about what people can make.; June 16, 2019 at 4:55 AM
Lea said...: Beautiful!
Have a great day!; June 16, 2019 at 7:23 AM
Debbie said...: very pretty, lots of very colorful details!!; June 16, 2019 at 11:31 PM
21 Wits said...: Quite interesting and colorful, very nice.; June 18, 2019 at 8:43 PM
Jack said...: Do they come in size 14?; June 19, 2019 at 10:30 PM