Chinese Watermelon Art

[Porfirio Landeros]

http://www.americade.info/photos/wm1.jpg
It's amazing how some people can push the limits of watermelon carving...
http://www.americade.info/melons1.htm

[Laura]

Wow.

I just got back from a cruise with my mom, and one night they had a party on the pool deck with a calypso band and a "parade of melons." The melons were amazingly carved, almost as well as the one above. That "Tango" melon would have won first prize!

[Sagitta]

THe amount of time that people have on their hands!! :o

Actually all those watermelon pieces are pretty amazing - almost too good to eat.

[Porfirio Landeros]

... a calypso band and a "parade of melons."Sounds like heaven! :twisted:

[chachachacat]

Such beautiful art, and so transitory!

[Laura]

... a calypso band and a "parade of melons."Sounds like heaven! :twisted:

Especially when you add in the soft tropical night air and a near infinite supply of drinks involving rum and little paper umbrellas!

[SDsalsaguy]

Wow, those are fantastic! :shock:

[cocodrilo]

That's really cool, Porfirio!
I've seen some really cool carvings done out of giant carrots here in Japan AND in China- dragons winding around poles, etc. Some people over here freaked out when I ate one- not because I was chomping on a work of art but because I was consuming a raw carrot. :shock:

[SDsalsaguy]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[ReneeJoan]

I think tango has definitely entered the collective unconscious on a grand scale.