Birthday Celebration
This photo was taken at the Spice Bazaar today.
The occasion was, the 1439'th birthday of the prophet Mohamed.
They were serving this little donats to celebrate.
I ate 4 of them :)
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19 comments:
Oh this is a nice photograph of two men having fun. And the idea of food sounds good to.
I posted a story about my wife, of 52 years, last radiation treatment for breast cancer as well as our encounter with President Bush's airplane on our Nature walk yesterday.
Just four? That shows restraint, and will-power ;-)
mmmm, looks so tasty.
Great way to celebrate.
Is this "lokum"?
Neat shot! You have captured the moment well.
Is it sugared or salted?
un bel instantané de joie , belle photo, bravo.je te souhaite un bon weekend
beautiful instantaneous of joy, beautiful photo, cheer. I wishes you a good weekend
They seems sugared, aren't them? The man look like so polite and your photo so nice :-))
Ein steppenwolf, yes it is lokum. Do you like it?
Alice, it is sugared. Very sweet...
Fabrizio, yes sugared. Thanks:)
Ummm Yummy. Nice shot. I would like one, or two, or three, or four.
Oya hat gesagt...
Ein steppenwolf, yes it is lokum. Do you like it?
I adore it!
(It's called "λουκούμι" in greek.)
yummmmy.. happy birthday :)
I just ate a bag of candied almonds. But now I want some donuts.
Fabulous photo! Are they sweet or savory?
They are sweet. This donats can be prapred two ways. When somebody dies, usually they give away salty ones, when it's a birthday celebration; sweet :)
1439 years old!!
thaere's so much to celebrate then!
the guy that sells the sweets looks like alan sugar.. it took me ages to figure it out.. if u want more info here's the link
Love the expression on the men.
turkish people are handsome =)
nice...
when i lived in toronto, i used to frequent a little place called 'the balkan steak house'... excellent food and live entertainment
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