Feline Foto Friday: Pure-bred Burmese

I was just thinking, it's been a long time since we've had a good ol' fashioned round of Friday cat posts! And then I wake up and find Sarah's Cecilia curled up with Don Giovanni. Herein lies my offering for the day, with no musical content whatever:

JUMPING CATS!

These magnificent cats live in the aptly named Jumping Cat Monastery (Nga Phe Kyaung) on Inle Lake in Burma. Is it a tourist trap? Unquestionably. But I don't care, because they're delightful!

You show up in a rowboat, and wait for other tourists to arrive. When a minyan has gathered, one of the monks gets up, indicates to everyone to get the cameras ready, grabs a hoop, scoops up a cat, sets him on the ground, raises the hoop, and...

ALLEY-OOP!

This is repeated a few times with a couple other cats, many flashes go off simultaneously, the monk scatters some peanuts on the ground, the cats have a little snack, the tourists leave, and everyone settles back down to rest.

Top photo courtesty of M. R-

Comments

[Sarah]

Whoa, that's bizarre, but I like to see cats doing pretty much anything- so cute! :) Thanks for linking to my site- glad you enjoyed my classical music rant the other day. Great blog you have here! I saw that you mentioned Laurie Rubin in a post- you didn't go to Oberlin with her, did you? I did, so that would mean you went with me, and that would be weird.

[such stuff]

Hooray! Flying Temple Cats!

rb

[M. C-]

Sarah: Thanks for the comment! Ich bin kein Oberliner, but Laurie did a hella good job in the rehearsal I saw. She's a really fine performer, and I hope I get to hear her again.

[cat insurance]

cats snacking on peanuts??? Who'd have thought...

[Clarence Close]

It is pretty amazing that they can get such an independant creature as a cat to 'jump through hoops'.;^}

It is wonderful what can be done with time, affection and trust.

[Solar Energy Technology]

I love the cats, and by seeing this pics i think i have to teach my cats to jump like that

nice pics