Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, I think all major religions have such congregations with a leg firmly planted 500-600 years ago - it must have been mystical and powerful in medieval times. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Those were my thoughts as well, Jayanand. I have been in Seville during the > Easter Week and the Rocio, and your pictures made me think of those events. > Every Spanish city has a Semana Santa celebration, but the one in Seville > is > bigger and better than anywhere else. > > I love Ric's idea of collaborating to make a book. > > Here are some pics from Seville's 2004 Semana Santa: > http://www.frozenlight.eu/fotosevilla/semanasanta/ > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > On Mar 29, 2011, at 12:17 AM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > > > Jayanand, > > > > I've really enjoyed your pictures, all are very good, Piety is my > favorite. I have not look at the map, Chennai is the South of India?. > > > > What I find very interesting too is that this tradition looks to me very > similar to Andalousian "El Rocio", the people is really devote to la > "virgen > del Rocio" and they do similar things, they go in procession with a figure > and approach the children to touch the statue. > > > > Look at this (avoid the adds) > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0--mCKC_DU > > > > I want remain respectuous, but is quite crazy for me > > > > cheers > > Lluis > > > > > > El 28/03/2011, a las 14:55, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > > > >> Once a year, the 63 deities in the Kapaleshwar Temple here in Chennai > are > >> taken for a spin in their palanquins and carts, carried by the devout, > >> around the temple and its holy pond (about a kilometer in each > direction), > >> and the crowd that lands up for this most auspicious day numbers over > >> 250,000. I landed up late, so missed a vantage point in one of the > >> buildings, and had to jostle with the crowd to take a few shots - all of > >> which are from road level: > >> > >> Palanquins of the Gods: > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Kapaleshwar_20110317_115-Edit.jpg.html > >> > >> Depending on the deity, a certain type of blessing is sought. Here is > one > >> for kids: > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Kapaleshwar_20110317_056-Edit.jpg.html > >> > >> The holy ash (vibhuthi) is distributed, and then smeared on one's > forehead: > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Kapaleshwar_20110317_079-Edit.jpg.html > >> > >> Trance chanting and dancing: > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Kapaleshwar_20110317_180-Edit.jpg.html > >> > >> Night falls: > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Kapaleshwar_20110317_278-Edit.jpg.html > >> > >> Terrified kids - who could blame them - being handed over to a stranger > at > >> night in this crowd, losing sight of their parents, with a not very > benign > >> looking mother goddess looming over them: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Kapaleshwar_20110317_358-Edit_001.jpg.html > >> > >> C&C, as ever, welcome > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >