Painful Aztec ritual
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Today we went to a Día de Muertos event in San Jose, California. Aztec dancer did a performance to loud drums. On one dance, some of the dancers burned their thigh or foot as part of a ritual to honor the dead. You can see the pain in her face. I'd love to learn more about this ritual.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully pulled the curves and selectively adjusted the color balance.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC4443_hdr1bal1f 2
UPDATE 2016-10-24: This interesting info got posted on my FB post:
"The burning is to send them into a altered state, so that inspiration will come. It's a variation of a ritual ancient shaamans performed. They would pierce their testicles and let the blood drip into the open fire below, inhaling the smoke their blood created to provide the inspiration directing their warriors in battle.
The thing is, all the rituals performed are religious, rather than entertainment. They should tell you ahead of time which parts are not to be photographed, as they have the potential to be damaging. Same applies to other Native (Indian) dances."
Painful Aztec ritual
Thank you for visiting - ❤ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
Today we went to a Día de Muertos event in San Jose, California. Aztec dancer did a performance to loud drums. On one dance, some of the dancers burned their thigh or foot as part of a ritual to honor the dead. You can see the pain in her face. I'd love to learn more about this ritual.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully pulled the curves and selectively adjusted the color balance.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC4443_hdr1bal1f 2
UPDATE 2016-10-24: This interesting info got posted on my FB post:
"The burning is to send them into a altered state, so that inspiration will come. It's a variation of a ritual ancient shaamans performed. They would pierce their testicles and let the blood drip into the open fire below, inhaling the smoke their blood created to provide the inspiration directing their warriors in battle.
The thing is, all the rituals performed are religious, rather than entertainment. They should tell you ahead of time which parts are not to be photographed, as they have the potential to be damaging. Same applies to other Native (Indian) dances."