This is apparently a modern copy of the original statue that rested above the main gate to the Château de Blois, the palace which dominates the town of Blois.

The African Art museum, behind the Smithsonian Castle, is, like many museums these days, full of more empty space and home to less artifacts than I would like, but they do have some very nice pieces. In addition to being a beautiful work of art, the setting for this piece is fantastic–whoever did the interior [...]

Ethiopian Patriots are those that served in Haile Selassie’s army, and fought the Fascist occupation during the time of the Second World War. There are few of these old men left, but they proudly present themselves, in uniform and the colors of their flag, at public ceremonies, remembering the liberation of their country from foreign [...]

Ethiopian Patriots are those that served in Haile Selassie’s army, and fought the Fascist occupation during the time of the Second World War. There are few of these old men left, but they proudly present themselves, in uniform and the colors of their flag, at public ceremonies, remembering the liberation of their country from foreign [...]

Ethiopian Patriots are those that served in Haile Selassie’s army, and fought the Fascist occupation during the time of the Second World War. There are few of these old men left, but they proudly present themselves, in uniform and the colors of their flag, at public ceremonies, remembering the liberation of their country from foreign [...]

Two women in the respected guests section with lit tapers using their camera-phone to take a photo of the crowd, just before the culmination of the ceremony.