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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Topic started by: Akira on October 16, 2017, 21:43:00
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I believe that this theme is great to share different cultures of the countries and areas you live in or have chances to visit. To tell the truth, I was a little surprised to know that there have been no such thread for this section of such a greatly international forum. So, I decided to start one here!
To start the thread, I post the images shot of "Oeshiki" several days ago. For more detail of Oeshiki, please refer to the thread posted last year (this is an annual event held on 12th October).
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,4532.msg71098.html#msg71098
All images are shot with Panasonic GH5 and Olympus M.Zuiko 25/1.8.
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Thanks for posting these, Akira, looks like a great festival with lots of photo opportunities.
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Thanks for posting these, Akira, looks like a great festival with lots of photo opportunities.
Anthony, thanks for the comment. Indeed there are lots of opportunities both for various interests of photography and torture tests of cameras and lenses. ;D
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Akira, just noticed this thread today or I would have commented earlier. Sorry I have no photos of festivals here, it I don’t think there are any that compare with Japan. I was in Tokyo around New Years one time and visited Senso-ji in Asakusa and Meiji-jingu. I’ve also been to Tsurugaoka Hachimangū which is quite wonderful.
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Jack, thanks for dropping in on and commenting.
You seems to have visited the right places at the right time in Japan. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu is the biggest temple in Kamakura, and there are many nice and smaller temples and shrines well worth visiting. Honmonji where the annual "Oeshiki" takes place is one of the larger temples in Tokyo.
I opened the thread in order to share different cultural events which are not limited to those of Japan. Please feel free to share the images from anywhere in the world (or the universe!).
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Dia de muertos - day of the dead decorations
in the town of Atlixco Puebla, Nov 11 2017
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Dia de muertos - day of the dead decorations
in the town of Atlixco Puebla, Nov 11 2017
Did you pick up any hell bank notes?
Dave Hartman
I know: wrong religion, wrong culture, wrong continent but I've been dying to use that joke.
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Dia de muertos - day of the dead decorations
in the town of Atlixco Puebla, Nov 11 2017
Armando, thanks for the beautiful addition to the thread. Apparently it is based on the non-Catholic tradition.
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Great thought for a theme really, in a time where cultural heritage everywhere is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, welcoming Robo sapiens (?).
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Great thought for a theme really, in a time where cultural heritage everywhere is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, welcoming Robo sapiens (?).
Fons, thank you for the encouragement. I would fully agree with you. I'm looking forward to your contribution here as well. :)
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This is a great idea indeed. Thanks Akira!
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Did you pick up any hell bank notes?
Dave Hartman
I know: wrong religion, wrong culture, wrong continent but I've been dying to use that joke.
Dave, bank notes have a tendency to burn in hells environment ... it's better to use coins ;D
Thanks for commenting
Armando, thanks for the beautiful addition to the thread. Apparently it is based on the non-Catholic tradition.
Akira, Indeed , the festivity originates before Catholicism came to America
The marigold flower - named in spanish "cempasúchil" - is widely used
Here are 2 view, one from up close, another one showing the face of Diego Rivera a mexican painter
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This is a great idea indeed. Thanks Akira!
Paco, thanks for your appreciation. Hope you would share some from the festivals of your area!
Armando, I love the passionate orange and red color under the tropical lighting even in late autumn.
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Dave, bank notes have a tendency to burn in hells environment ... it's better to use coins ;D
Thanks for commenting.
Armando,
But I was being very naughty: from a mission story long ago the hell bank notes were scattered behind a funeral procession. Demons following the procession would stop to pickup the notes and would not arrive at the place of burial so the departed loved one would pass into the after world safely. The culture must have been one in the Far East. The religion I could not guess. If you are among those who stop to pickup hell bank notes, don't admit it!
Dave who is sometimes possessed.
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Beautiful array of flowers. Thanks for posting.
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Armando,
But I was being very naughty: from a mission story long ago the hell bank notes were scattered behind a funeral procession. Demons following the procession would stop to pickup the notes and would not arrive at the place of burial so the departed loved one would pass into the after world safely. The culture must have been one in the Far East. The religion I could not guess. If you are among those who stop to pickup hell bank notes, don't admit it!
Dave who is sometimes possessed.
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Beautiful array of flowers. Thanks for posting.
Dave, thanks for the explanation, very ingenious
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Annual New Year's visit to the Hon-mon-ji temple.
1. People believe a spirit lives in a tree. The rope and the folded papers are the special decoration for the holiness.
2. The main gate to the Hon-mon-ji Temple.
3. As one of the most celebrated temples in Tokyo, many people pay visits there.
4. "Daido", the main hall.
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Thanks, Akira, interesting to see this festival.
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Love these Akira
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3. As one of the most celebrated temples in Tokyo, many people pay visits there.
This one reminds me of the queues in Beijing's Forbidden City from a visit earlier this year
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Thanks, Akira, interesting to see this festival.
Anthony, thank you for visiting this thread and commenting. I'd like to encourage folks to share their own unique festivals and liturgies here.
Love these Akira
This one reminds me of the queues in Beijing's Forbidden City from a visit earlier this year
Colin, thank you for kind comments. Maybe that's because of our common architectural style and the look of the visitors. :D
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It does get quite busy! What's the smoke ? incense ?
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It does get quite busy! What's the smoke ? incense ?
Armando, yes, the smoke comes from incense sticks. People grab the smoke and put onto the part of their bodies they want to heal or improve.
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Today I visited Toro-Nagashi on Senzoku-Ike pond.
Toro-Nagashi literally means "setting lanterns adrift". According to Japanese Buddhism (actually it is rather the belief of the Shintoism), the spirits of the departed and the ancestors come back to this world to visit their family members around the time of the year (we call it O-Bon). And then they return to their spiritual world on these lanterns. This Toro-Nagashi is an annual event held on July 16.
"Senzoku-Ike" literally means "feet washing pond". Nichiren, known as the founder of Nichiren sect of the Japanese Buddhism, allegedly cleaned his feet using the water of this pond before visiting the Honmon-ji shrine, one of the two most important shrines of the sect.
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During the setting of the lanterns from the boats, the monks keep reading the sutras by telling the names of the departed and the families who offered the lanterns.
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The lanterns blown by the wind towards this side of the pond.
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Close up of the lanterns. Their bases are designed after the lotus flowers.
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The dabblers are a bit worried but don't know what to do...
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The carp is curious.
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Akira, Seems it is a beautiful ceremony
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Akira, Seems it is a beautiful ceremony
Armando, yes, it is beautiful and poignant. I wish it would be a bit less humid and less hot... ::)
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Akira - I've visited this theme a few times but never got back to comment. A really interesting and enjoyable series of impressions from Japanese festivals!
Armando - some interesting and very colorful contributions as well. I like Rivera's colorful paintings - is he being celebrated during the festival for a particular reason apart from (probably) being a national hero? :-)
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Lars, thank you for looking and bumping! Glad you enjoy it.
I'm pretty sure that there are interesting and unique festivals from your area. Please post some images of them whenever your time allows!
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Akira - I've visited this theme a few times but never got back to comment. A really interesting and enjoyable series of impressions from Japanese festivals!
Armando - some interesting and very colorful contributions as well. I like Rivera's colorful paintings - is he being celebrated during the festival for a particular reason apart from (probably) being a national hero? :-)
Lars,
Since it is the day of the death celebration, whoever is making the display will pick any death person to create his art, for private displays they may pick any friend or family member that is no longer with them, for a very public display, like the one shown on my images, it is more popular if they pick a known artist like Diego Rivera
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Today I visited Oeshiki which is explained in my initial post of this thread. As I'm a little bored with the usual images shot every year, I limit myself to the abstraction of the event.