
From the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, resolution 217 A (III) on 10th December 1948, sixty years ago: this mural appeared on St Johns Cathedral at the East End of Princes Street, during the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2008.
This photo is available on Redbubble: All human beings are born free and equal.

This was on the terrace at St Johns, during the 2008 Festival.
This photo is available on Redbubble: Reiki with intent.
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: a section of the Royal Mile is closed off to everything but foot traffic for three weeks in August. People prepare to celebrate, even in the rain…

In West Parliament Square, a camp of white tents shudder in the rain. The road block by St Giles is set up for street theatre and foot traffic, so long as the Festival Fringe lasts.
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I saw this big-hatted, multi-striped busker playing a nice guitar on the steps of the Tron, in the part of the High Street that belongs to the Fringe during these weeks.
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This is the Dansmusician Group from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday 2nd August, walking through the Festival crowds on the Mound and handing out flyers as they go. There’s a trailer on Youtube: Chess.
“Set in troubled times of the Chin Dynasty this ancient Chinese tale evokes battles on the field, and in love, of warrior rivals Xiang Lu and Liu Bang. Combining Taiwanese contemporary and traditional music, dance and storytelling in English.” Chess, at Universal Arts Theatre.