Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece-The World’s Largest Teepee
July 23, 2013 5 Comments
B & W World’s Largest Teepee
Masterpiece. No matter where you are (and where you’ve been), I’m certain you’ve stumbled upon something extraordinary: a place that blows your mind; a work of art or object that speaks to you; or even a location or scene that’s special, unusual, or even magical in some way. This week’s theme fits well into the photos I shot earlier in the week and posted. Hope you enjoy them. Visit other entries here.
Dreams of Bison
World’s Largest Teepee Colour
Teepee at sunset
Teepee top-first view
Teepee top-second view
Metis life display board
Last night, during “the Golden Hour,” i.e. the last hour of sunlight, we visited the world’s largest teepee here in Medicine Hat, and took these photos. The Saamis Tepee was originally built for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. The colours of the structure are symbolic, white for purity, red for the rising and setting sun and blue for the flowing river. There are ten story-boards built into the tepee depicting native culture and history. It is the World’s Tallest Teepee standing over 20 stories high, weighing 200 tonnes and capable of withstanding 150 mph winds. [Information courtesy of the http://www.stayinmedicinehat.com website].
The following photos below were taken with my Asus tablet.
Cranes in background horizon
Peacepipe hopes & dreams
About dimlamp
Salt for Sermons
Dim Lamp/קנה רצוץ לא ישבור 
What an amazing teepee…and it’s air-conditioned. 🙂
janet
Right-o Janet on both counts. I wouldn’t want to be the person who had to put up the buffalo skins on its top. 🙂 Plus, it would require a lot of buffalo skins to cover such a huge teepee!
I got curious because you appeared in Hebrew on my site (?) … and of course, I had my own little teepee and was attracted to that, too. Interesting. It’s the feeling of the teepee without the cover. Nice. Open to the sky.
Yes, it’s nice, but I would want it to be covered in the minus 40 degree winter blizzards.
A masterpiece indeed!