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4th ESC Soldiers are awarded the shoulder sleeve insignia for war-time service "Combat Patch" in a Patch Ceremony, August 28, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
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A French Wedding in Oradour-sur-Vayres.
The is Lauren and Max coming out of the town hall where their civil ceremony took place. On to the church from here!
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"During a Hindu Upanayana ceremony, when an adult person changes the sacred thread, they typically chant a specific mantra, such as one to invoke the deities. The process often involves purification rituals like åcamana and the sprinkling of water, followed by a mantra for putting on the new thread."
Wishes and thoughts written on wooden tablets are ceremonially burned in a ritual ceremony to send them to the "gods".
Cleansing the way for new beginnings.
A smoking ceremony is an ancient custom among Aboriginal Australians in which native plants are burnt to produce smoke. In Aboriginal culture, this smoke, dependant on which leaves are used, has different healing and cleansing properties and the ability to ward off bad spirits.
The Australia Day 2019 Smoking Ceremony flame was lit on 25 January and tended to overnight at Me-mel (Goat Island). The fire was transported from Me-mel to Marrinawi Cove, Barangaroo by the Tribal Warror. A procession then escorted the fire to Walumil lawns, Barangaroo, at 7:45 AM on 26 January 2019.
After the WugulOra Morning Ceremony, embers from the flame were then taken to the Yabun Festival in Victoria Park, Camperdown, where I took this photo. The smoke from these embers was used to cleanse the crowd during the day.
Australia Day Celebrations
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Graduation ceremony. A first for all. Best viewed large to see the happy expressions on the parents' faces.
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The maiko (apprentice geisha) Satohina.
Together with other maiko and geiko (geisha) of the Kamishichiken district, Satohina was hosting an open air tea ceremony at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan.
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Zege Peninsula, Amhara, Ethiopia, 22 Apr 2013
Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, and it is served with ceremony. You need coffee, popcorn, frankincense and a woman to serve it.
We stumbled on a wedding ceremony in the Our Lord Jesus Christ's Resurrection Basilica of Kaunas and stayed to observe it. As you may see from this picture, the Basilica is majestic for this kind of ceremonies.
Tea ceremony demonstration (for tourists) on the terrace of the Dai-Ichi hotel in Osaka on November 3rd, 1976.
Religion and ceremonies are a large part of the Balinese culture and define the lives of most Balinese people. Unlike the majority of Indonesia, which follows the Islamic faith, over 90 percent of Bali's population follow the Balinese Hinduism religion. Temples, offerings of food and flowers, incense and images in the arts and crafts are all signs of the island's faith.
Balinese Hinduism mixes aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism and animism, which is the belief that souls and spirits can be found in all things. Balinese Hinduism comes from the religious influences of China, India and Java. One of the central beliefs of Balinese Hinduism is that the soul is reincarnated several times until it reaches paradise. This journey depends upon the person's deeds, both good and bad, during his or her lifetime.
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240th Quarter Master Company in 391 Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, conducts a Change of Command Ceremony on a hot day in Bamberg Germany, June 29, 2012. ( By: U. S. Army Staff Sgt. David Sala) ( Photo by: U.S Army SFC Craig Knapp)
High drama during the Shiva ceremony at the Raghunath Temple down by the lake at Pushkar, Rajasthan.
Rajasthan, India. November, 2019. © David Hill
Watch a short clip of ceremony here: youtu.be/GOLLcUZ-hPQ
We travelled about 2 hours from Ho Chi Minh City to Tay Ninh, Vietnam to attend a Caodaism ceremony in the Cao Dai Holy See Temple . The is a curious and unique architecture of this building is a mixture of Asian and European architectures. Its vivid colours and shapes are very different, and unlike anything else I’ve seen.
The Cao Dai religion is just as colorful as this templa because it’s a mishmash of multiple religions. It incorporates elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism and Spiritualism. Its deities includes Buddha, Confucius, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, Sun Yat Sen and Victor Hugo amongst others. CaoDai is thus a universal faith with the principle that all religions have one same divine origin, one same ethic based on LOVE and JUSTICE, and are just different manifestations of one same TRUTH.
Watching Caodiasts pray is a long elaborate and hypnotic chant accompanied by music. They dress in long flowing robes of white for lay followers, yellow, blue or red for priests, whilst bishops have the Divine Eye embroidered on their headpieces. During worship men are seated on the right and women on the left with all devotees seated in orderly rows. The middle of the temple is reserved for priests and bishops, and the closer they are to the front, the more experience they have, and the closer they are to their deity. I encourage you to watch a video I made of this ceremony and the chants.
Taken during my nieces wedding last year. During a Indian wedding ceremony we offer the gods flowers and other gifts to invite gods to attend and witness the wedding ceremony.
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Tea bowl (chawan 茶碗; main article: chawan). Tea bowls are available in a wide range of sizes and styles, and different styles are used for thick and thin tea. Shallow bowls, which allow the tea to cool rapidly, are used in summer; deep bowls are used in winter. Bowls are frequently named by their creators or owners, or by a tea master. Bowls over four hundred years old are in use today, but only on unusually special occasions. The best bowls are thrown by hand, and some bowls are extremely valuable. Irregularities and imperfections are prized: they are often featured prominently as the "front" of the bowl.
Tea scoop (chashaku 茶杓). Tea scoops generally are carved from a single piece of bamboo, although they may also be made of ivory or wood. They are used to scoop tea from the tea caddy into the tea bowl. Bamboo tea scoops in the most casual style have a nodule in the approximate center. Larger scoops are used to transfer tea into the tea caddy in the mizuya (preparation area), but these are not seen by guests. Different styles and colours are used in various tea traditions.
Tea whisk (chasen 茶筅). This is the implement used to mix the powdered tea with the hot water. Tea whisks are carved from a single piece of bamboo. There are various types. Tea whisks quickly become worn and damaged with use, and the host should use a new one when holding a chakai or chaji.