Conte musical créé par les élèves d´UPI et leurs professeurs, Melle Cerdan et M Carrel, Collège Jean Giono, Nice. 
"Le soleil n’est jamais si beau qu’un jour où l’on se met en route."
Jean Giono
"Le voyage est un retour vers l’essentiel."
Dicton tibétain
"Tes pieds t’emmeneront là où se trouve ton coeur."
Proverbe chinois
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22.2.09
Le tour du monde
8.9.08
Bienvenido a Cuzco, navel of the earth
Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range.
Situated at an altitude of 3,416 m, its population of 275,000 is predominantly Indian. Quechua, the Inca language, is still widely spoken.
It was the capital of the Inca Empire (1200s-1532).
Legends tell that in the 12th century, the first Inca, Manco Capac was charged by the ancestral sun god Inti to find the Qosq'o (navel of the earth). When Manco discovered such a point, he founded the city of Cuzco. The city was considered the center of the Inca world, the place where the four parts of the empire came together. It was the hub from which the famous Inca road network radiated.
The Incas worshipped the Sun, or Inti, as master of all things. They also worshipped the Moon, or Quilla, as well as some stars. Likewise, the Thunder and Lightning formed parts of their worship, and they also felt a general sense of devotion for the hills and peaks. The important liturgical ceremonies were held in the hills, and some of these were especailly chosen for the rites of the Panacas. There was also great devotion for the Mother Earth or Pachamama. In the 16th century, they spoke of the god Viracocha (Ticsi Wiracacha Pacha Camachir in the local Quechua language) as the supreme god of the Incas.
The temple of the Sun, Pisaq.
Situated at an altitude of 3,416 m, its population of 275,000 is predominantly Indian. Quechua, the Inca language, is still widely spoken.It was the capital of the Inca Empire (1200s-1532).
Legends tell that in the 12th century, the first Inca, Manco Capac was charged by the ancestral sun god Inti to find the Qosq'o (navel of the earth). When Manco discovered such a point, he founded the city of Cuzco. The city was considered the center of the Inca world, the place where the four parts of the empire came together. It was the hub from which the famous Inca road network radiated.
The Incas worshipped the Sun, or Inti, as master of all things. They also worshipped the Moon, or Quilla, as well as some stars. Likewise, the Thunder and Lightning formed parts of their worship, and they also felt a general sense of devotion for the hills and peaks. The important liturgical ceremonies were held in the hills, and some of these were especailly chosen for the rites of the Panacas. There was also great devotion for the Mother Earth or Pachamama. In the 16th century, they spoke of the god Viracocha (Ticsi Wiracacha Pacha Camachir in the local Quechua language) as the supreme god of the Incas.
The temple of the Sun, Pisaq. The ninth Inca Pachacutec designed the city in the form of a puma (one of the gods with the condor and the snake) with the 15th-century fortress of Saqsaywaman as the head. 
The confluence of the Huatanay and Tullumayo rivers was canalized and straightened to form the tail. The core of the city contained official and ceremonial buildings and residences of ruling officials. The Inca capital is especially known for its architecture of enormous cut-stone blocks fitted so perfectly that no mortar was needed. 
The famous stone with 12 corners.
The confluence of the Huatanay and Tullumayo rivers was canalized and straightened to form the tail. The core of the city contained official and ceremonial buildings and residences of ruling officials. The Inca capital is especially known for its architecture of enormous cut-stone blocks fitted so perfectly that no mortar was needed. The famous stone with 12 corners.Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro marched on Cuzco in 1533 and the city was destroyed. The Spanish undertook the construction of a new city on the foundations of the old Inca city, replacing temples with churches and palaces with mansions for the conquerors.
San Blas, the oldest church in Cuzco.
El Señor de los Tremblores, also known as the Black Christ, sworn Patron of the city of Cusco.In 1650, an earthquake shook the city. The Christ was taken out in procession and the earthquake stopped!
Cuzco is the mix of the three cultures: the native Quechua Indian, the conquering colonial Spanish and the modern Mixed or "Cholos".
Cuzco is the mix of the three cultures: the native Quechua Indian, the conquering colonial Spanish and the modern Mixed or "Cholos".
Much of Peru's religious art was created by indigenous artists under colonial influence. This unique cross-pollination gave birth to Escuela Cuzqueña (Cuzco School).
The Temple of Triumph. The name Triumph refers to the Spanish victory over the Incas during the battle of Saqsaywaman but also to a miracle: the legend says that virgin Maria came down on earth to protect the Spanish with her coat.
Peruvian drinks and food.
Chicha, the sacred drink of the Incas, made of water and corn.
"Cuy", guinea pig, a Peruvian delicacy !!!
Virgen de Natividad festival, Cuzco, September 09.
Listen to Peruvian traditional music:
31.8.08
Nara and UNESCO world heritage sites
Starting from the end of the 6th century, the capital of Japan was located in Nara for almost 200 years !
Deer, considered messengers of the gods Kasuga Taisha, graze all over the park and beg for your food!
In 743, the emperor Shomu ordered the building of a giant Buddha. Japan had been suffering from smallpox and drought, and the emperor hoped to settle unrest and unite the people with relatively new ideas of Buddhism. The almost 15-meter high Buddha, cast in copper and coated with gold, was completed in 752. The structure housing it, known as the Daibutsu Den, is possibly the largets wooden building in the world and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the oldest and largest shrines in Japan, Kasuga Taisha enshrines four Shinto deities and is considered the family shrine of the Fujiwaras, a clan that was powerful when Nara was made capital of Japan. The lanterns are presented by worshippers, and are lighted twice a year. 
Listen to the atmosphere in Kasuga Taisha temple:
Kasuga Taisha is a UNESCO Worl Heritage Site.
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30.8.08
Prayers and wishes in Japan
The Japanese are mainly Buddhist. Going to the temple to pray their many Gods and make wishes is part of everyday life.For 100 yens, you can shake a box containing sticks, until one falls. The number written on the stick corresponds to one poem. I tested my good fortune at Meiji Jingu in Tokyo. The poem I got was composed in the traditional 31-syllable form (waka), by the Empress Shoken. These Imperial poems deliver special messages...
My "Omikuji" says :
Cut, if need be, through thick briars,
Knots of brambles, tangled thorns,
For the path that`s yours to follow
Must be trodden to the end.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:)
Located on the hill of eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu temple is one of the most popular temples in Kyoto. 
In this temple, you can buy many wishes
Young girls come and pray to the popular matchmaking shrine.
The God of love
This stone is called "Love-fortune-telling" stone. If you walk safely from this stone to the other with your eyes closed, your wish will be granted soon. If you can`t, it will be long before your love is realized!!! ...
Listen to Japanese priests praying.
28.7.08
Bali, Indonesie
Selamat datang di Bali ! Bienvenue a Bali !
Bali est l’une des 17560 îles de l’archipel indonésien. Comme plus de 11000 sont habitées, si tu devais en visiter une par jour, tu rentrerais de vacances dans trente ans, un mois et dix-sept jours (environ). Comme la plupart des iles, Bali a son dialecte, mais depuis l’independance de l’indonesie en 1945, nous avons non seulement un beau drapeau, rouge en haut et blanc en bas, mais ausii une langue nationale, le Bahasa Indonesia. A la maison nous parlons le Balinais, nos parents nous l’apprennent avant que nous ayons l’age d’entrer a l’ecole. Ensuite nos maitres ou maitresses nous enseignent l’indonesien. Nous sommes dons tous bilingues !
L’Indonesie est tres etendue et aussi tres habitee : plus de 245 millions d’habitants, ce qui fait de nous le 4eme pays le plus peuple au monde. Mais a Bali nous sommes a peine plus de 3 millions. Dans sa plus grande longueur, Bali ne mesure que 150 km et dans sa plus grande largeur 70. Notre ile est donc tres petite comparee a Java, ou se trouve Jakarta, la capitale de notre pays. Comme notre langue, notre religion et notre culture n’appartiennent qu’a nous !
Bali : l'ile des dieux.
C'est ainsi que l'ile a ete surnommee, non seulement a cause de sa tres grande beaute et de sa nature genereuse , mais surtout parce que pour nous les hindouistes balinais, elle appartient a plusieurs dieux et aux esprits des ancetres. D'apres nos croyances, ils nous ont prete la terre, mais en echange, ils comptent sur nous les humains pour y maintenir l'equilibre.
Nous voyons la terre comme une grosse boule qui reposerait sur une immense tortue, appelée Bedawang. Autour de ses pattes sont enroulés deux gros serpents protecteurs: les Nagas. Bien au-dessus de la terre, au sommet du volcan Agung, resident le dieu Shiva et nos ancetres. Nous, les humains, occupons seulement la partie intermediaire, qu'ils nous ont donc pretee et ou les demons se permettent de venir et de faire des degats. Parfois, quand tout va mal, la tortue se reveille et elle se met a bouger, cela provoque des tremblements de terre. Afin de les faire cesser au plus vite, nous devons faire beaucoup de bruit pour reveiller les deux serpents protecteurs. Afin de remplir notre mission, nous devons nous attacher non seulement a honorer nos dieux mais aussi etre attentifs a apaiser les demons qui rodent. Les uns et les autres sont tres nombreux, alors nous avons du boulot!
D'après "Ma vie à Bali", texte de Sandrine Soimaud.
Cremation du roi d`Ubud, 15 aout 2008, Bali.
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