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| Food
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| Food stands at the Turkish festival. Yes, all these stands sell food.
It's a lot of stands. And these aren't even all of them. They mostly
sold donor gyros.
| The long line for Cafe Divan's stand, where I bought a doner sandwich
for lunch.
| Meats on a spit (doner). Most stands has at least one of these.
| My doner sandwich, complete with pickles and jalpenos. Rather tasty.
Also, I like the shape of the pita bread.
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| Di Yin bought food from Turkish Lady's Cuisine.
| I bought bready things from Meze Restaurant.
| Simit. Like a good sesame seed bagel.
| Baklava. Very good.
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| Look at how many layers it has.
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| Entertainment
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| A quick movie of one of the performances at the Turkish festival. Taken
mainly for its sound.
| Another movie, this one with livelier music. Taken at a higher
resolution, the dancers are also easier to see.
| A movie of a shadow puppet performance. The script has jokes; listen
and you can hear one in this clip.
Oddly, I found watching the guy perform almost as interesting as
watching the puppets themselves. He's got style.
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| Other Stuff
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| One of the cooler kid's zones I've seen at a festival. I don't know
what's on the left (I didn't watch long enough to find out), but the
elastic jumper on the right is great. Look at those kids fly!
| The neatest stand in the bazaar: Turkish carpets and lanterns.
| A detail sign with facts about Turkish history. It's worth a scan.
It's definitely promotional, but with some funny tongue-in-check humor.
"St. Nicholas known as 'Santa Clause' was born and died in
Demre,
southwest of Turkey. When Christmas comes, please do not expect him
from North Pole. He is actually living in Turkey."
"All type of Kebaps, delicious spicy meatballs, all yummy skewers and
decent baklavas are made in Turkey."
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