{"id":159,"date":"2016-11-16T22:19:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.pune.wordcamp.org\/?p=159"},"modified":"2016-11-16T22:29:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:59:37","slug":"here-comes-wapsara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/here-comes-wapsara\/","title":{"rendered":"Here comes Wapsara"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u0935\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e \u0906\u0932\u0940<\/h2>\n<p>Presenting Pune&#8217;s official Wapuu and the first female Wapuu from India, <strong>Wapsara <\/strong>(\u0935\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e).<\/p>\n<p>Wapsara is a play on the Sanskrit word <em>Apsara<\/em> (\u0905\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e), which means a celestial nymph or in common parlance, a very beautiful girl.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend listening to this Marathi song in the background &amp; repeating the chorus:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mW67u_hWiSo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Why a girl?<\/h2>\n<p>We think a Wapuu is supposed to be a fun representation of the local culture. It&#8217;s almost patriarchal to imagine a representative Wapuu as almost always male.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, the gear and attire of men above the Vindhyas is more or less similar with some form of dhoti, a pagdi and a large curly moustache. Also, it&#8217;s mostly white.<\/p>\n<p>Women of each region, on the other hand, have varied and way more colourful attire and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>So, we decided to make Wapuu go feminine and dressed her like a cute and beautiful girl from Maharashtra with her nose-ring and earrings, typical dark green skirt-blouse with golden borders, and neat hair pleated and bound by a matching green ribbon. There&#8217;s the typical crescent bindi on her forehead too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.pune.wordcamp.org\/2016\/11\/16\/here-comes-wapsara\/wapsara\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-166\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-166\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.pune.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/11\/wapsara-288x300.png\" alt=\"Wapsara\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/11\/wapsara-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/11\/wapsara.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 85vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wapsara is designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ganeshkerkar?s=09\" target=\"_blank\">Ganesh Kerkar<\/a>, a WordCamp Pune organiser. Ganesh has previously designed the Pune Community&#8217;s logo that Wapsara is holding and a couple of <a href=\"http:\/\/jawordpressorg.github.io\/wapuu\/\" target=\"_blank\">other Wapuus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How did you like Wapsara; let us know in the comments?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0935\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e \u0906\u0932\u0940 Presenting Pune&#8217;s official Wapuu and the first female Wapuu from India, Wapsara (\u0935\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e). Wapsara is a play on the Sanskrit word Apsara (\u0905\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e), which means a celestial nymph or in common parlance, a very beautiful girl. We recommend listening to this Marathi song in the background &amp; repeating the chorus: Why a girl? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/here-comes-wapsara\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Here comes Wapsara&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3953804,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[11135,5053,486127],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-branding","tag-mascot","tag-wapuu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/11\/wapsara-banner.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pheRqT-2z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1190,"url":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/presenting-the-entries-for-the-t-shirt-design-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":159,"position":0},"title":"Presenting the entries for the T-shirt Design Contest","author":"Saurabh","date":"December 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In all, we received 11 entries from 7 people; two of them sent in more than one design. 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