Sneak peak at my next project.

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Oddities in Chinese Australian Syncretism: Private home shrines

1) A statuette of 濟公 Jigong, "The Honourable Helper", a Chinese folk deity. Our Jigong is a bit more tan than other Jigong for some reason, maybe from absorbing some of Aussie sun. 😂 Otherwise, his Buddhist monk garb, the hand fan and the gourd of wine is pretty much stock standard when it comes to depictions of Jigong.

2) A creepy glow-in-the-dark Mammoth skeleton figurine from the WA Museum gift shop. Why?? Well, for me, there's 3 possible explanations for it's addition to the shrine:

- Dad bought this for me when I was 9, maybe 10. So maybe it's just a touching memento that he's kept around and displayed.

- Dad is a secret Ganesha devotee. I mean, The God of New Beginnings, Wisdom, Luck as well as the Remover of Obstacles. All things I'd imagine a refugee would find comfort in.

- It's an ancestral shrine and we're members of the ancient secret Mammoth Clan.

3) Incense holder with lit incense. Duh! It's a shrine.

4) Fish and Chips as the offering for Jigong. I'm pretty sure this is sacrilegious. 😂 Then again Jigong himself, when he was alive, was a misbehaving monk who ate meat and drank alcohol on occasion. He would probably appreciate the Fish and Chips.

#jigong #daoji #shrine #homeshrine #syncretic #syncretism #fishandchips #chineseaustralian #mammoth #wamuseum #boolabardip #magicchai #magicchaicoop #濟公 #神壇 #綜攝 #魚薯 #澳洲華僑 #毛象 #西澳博物館

BBQ Prawns, Coleslaw and some rice with pumpkin.

Eating well at Magic Chai HQ today. 😊❤️

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Another little drawing loosely set in my still untitled space opera.

Big thanks to my mate Pete for being the muse. In the original photo that I used as a reference, he was staring at a glass of mystery drink with bemusement. I assume it was just regular Earth scotch or whiskey but, given his reaction, it might very well have been Eridanian Whiskey. 🤣

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One of my favourite hobbies is to invent stupid new nonsense words and come up with the bullshit etymology for them. Today's word is Kachangaz.

Panel 1 shows the suggested pronunciation written in IPA as well as the meaning and etymology, the root of the word.

Panel 2 is a little cartoon showing an example of the word in use.

#kachangaz #ass #arse #butt #buttocks #bottom #etymology #wordoftheday #cartoon #hot #summer #perth #art #magicchaicoop #magicchai

An interesting afternoon in East Boorloo/Perth.

Thanks to @vidak by the way, for the spam and Tonkatsu sauce in our lunch yesterday. 😁

#spam #lunch #arvo #afternoonwalk #boorloo #wadjaknoongarboodja #noongarboodja #perth #eastperth #magicchaicoop #magicchai

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