Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Here's my photo essay of Korban, taken during Hari Raya Haji about a month ago as part of my project to document Islam in my country (Singapore). As a local chinese it felt funny at first, but i was welcomed like one of them and that made photo taking very easy....... the local malays are very friendly pple. On Hari Raya Haji muslims offer up the sacrifice of sheep to Allah their God as thanksgiving for the gift of children and newborns to their family. Korban is the name of this animal sacrifice, and is normally 2 sheep / goat for a boy, and 1 sheep / goat for a girl, though this is not mandatory. The process also has parallel in the Old Testament where Abraham offered up his only son Isaac as a sacrifice to God on God's request. When God saw that he passed the test and did not withhold his own son from Him, a ram was sacrificed in place of Isaac. Here's the link - http://reddawn.clubsnap.org/photos/korban2003/ All shot with Tri-X and a m6TTL with 35mm cron asph and a m3 with a 50 cron.......... Feedback or comments are welcome... enjoy! Boon Hwee - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html