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The Pokot (or Pokhot) live in the Baringo district and in the Western Pokot district in Kenya. They are also inhabitants of Uganda.There are two main sub-groups depending of their location and way of life. The first group consist of the Hill Pokot who live in the rainy highlands in the west and in the central south, and are mainly farmers and pastoralists. The second group is made up of the Plains Pokot who live in dry and infertile plains, with their cattle. A homestead is composed of one or more buildings for a man, his wife and children; the prospective co-wives live in separate houses. Teaching children ethical rules is extremely important. Most of the Pokot are nomadic and thus have interacted with different peoples, incorporating their social customs.The Pokot are very proud of their culture. The songs, storytelling, and decorative arts, in particular body decoration, are very appreciated among the Pokot. They adorn the body with beads and hairstyling, and proceed to scarifications and the removal of the lower central incisors. Pokot girls wear a beaded necklace made of the stems of an asparagus tree. Most Pokot have some knowledge of herbal medicine, so they often use these treatments along with those of the hospitals. They belong to the Kenya's Nilotic-speaking peoples.For the Pokot, the universe has two realms: the above is the realm of the most powerful deities—Tororot, Asis (sun), and llat (rain); and the below is the one where live humans, animals, and plants. Humans are responsible for the realm that they inhabit, but they rely upon divinities to achieve and maintain peace and prosperity. They worship many deities like the sun, moon and believe in the spirit of death.The Pokot communicate with their deities through prayer and sacrifice. They perform it during ethnic festivals and dances. Oracles are responsible for maintaining the spiritual balance within the community. They are superstitious and believe in sorcery, so sometimes they call on shielding lucky sorcery. They have prophets, either male or female, who foresee and advise, usually by the means of animal sacrifices. Their abilities are considered as a divine gift. Clan histories recount the changes of location, through poetry and song, emphasizing the vulnerability of human beings and the importance of supernatural powers that help them overcome hunger, thirst, and even death. Ceremonies mark the transitions in the people's social lives. Among these are: the cleansing of a couple expecting their first child; the cleansing of newborn infants and their mothers; the cleansing of twins and other children who are born under unusual circumstances; male and female initiation; marriage; sapana, a coming-of-age ceremony for men; and summer-solstice, harvest, and healing ceremonies. The most important rite of passage for most Pokot is circumcision for boys and clitoridectomy for girls. These rites consist of a series of neighborhood-based ceremonies, emphasizing the importance of having a good behavior. When boys are circumcised, they acquire membership in one of eight age sets. Women do not belong to any age-set. After excision, for several months, girls have a white painting on their face and wear a hood made of blackened leather with charcoal and oil. This means they are untouchable until the lepan ceremony, that marks the passage to womanhood. Unlike other tribes, the Pokot keep the affiliation to their clan throughout their lives, there is no disruption with marriage. Surprisingly, the agreement before marriage is made by gift giving, from the groom and his family to the bride and her family (and not the contrary), often over a period of years. It often implies the gift of a combination of livestock, goods, and cash to the bride's family, and the allotment of milk cows and rights to land to the bride. The bond between a husband and wife lasts for 3 generations, after what marriages can take place again between the two groups. Polygamy exists but is not prevalent among men before 40. The spirits of the elder anticipate reincarnation in their living descendants: when a child is said to resemble the elder, the same name is given. Disputes are resolved in neighborhood councils and in government courts. Some of the sanctions include shaming, cursing, and bewitching.
Les Pokot vivent dans le district de Baringo et à l’ouest du district de Pokot au Kenya. Ce sont aussi des habitants de l’Ouganda.Il existe deux principaux sous-groupes selon leur localisation et mode de vie. Le premier groupe est constitué des Pokot des collines qui vivent dans les hautes terres humides dans l’ouest et dans le centre sud, et sont surtout des agriculteurs et pasteurs. Le second groupe est composé des Pokot des plaines qui vivent dans les plaines sèches et infertiles, avec leur bétail. Chaque propriété familiale est composée d’une ou plusieurs bâtiments pour un homme, sa femme et ses femmes, les éventuelles autres épouses vivent dans des maisons séparées. Enseigner aux enfants les règles éthiques est extrêmement important. La plupart des Pokot sont nomades et ont donc interagi avec différents peuples, incorporant leurs coutumes sociales. Les Pokot sont très fiers de leur culture. Les chants, contines, et arts décoratifs, en particulier la décoration du corps, sont particulièrement appréciés chez les Pokot. Ils parent leur corps de perles et coiffures originales, et procèdent à des scarifications et au retrait des incisives centrales inférieures. Les filles Pokot portent un collier de perles fait de tiges d’asparagus. La plupart des Pokot a des connaissances des médicaments à base de plantes, et ils utilisent donc souvent ces traitements avec ceux des hôpitaux. Ils appartiennent aux peuples parlant les langues nilotiques du Kenya.Pour les Pokot, l’univers a deux royaumes : celui d’en haut est le royaume des déités les plus puissantes –Torotot, Asis (soleil), et Ilat (pluie) ; celui d’en bas est celui où vivent les humains, animaux, et plantes. Les humains sont responsables du royaume qu’ils habitent, mais ils reposent sur les divinités pour atteindre et maintenir la paix et la prospérité. Ils vouent un culte à de nombreuses déités tels que le soleil et la lune et croient dans l’esprit de la mort. Les Pokot communiquent avec leurs déités par la prière et le sacrifice. Ils les accomplissent lors de festivals ethniques et de danses. Les oracles sont responsables du maintien de l’équilibre spirituel à l’intérieur de la communauté. Ils sont superstitieux et croient aux sortilèges, c’est pourquoi parfois ils invoquent des sortilèges de chance protecteurs. Ils ont des prophètes, hommes ou femmes, qui voient dans le futur et conseillent, habituellement au moyen de sacrifices d’animaux. Leurs capacités sont considérées comme un don divin. Les histoires claniques racontent les changements de leurs lieux de vie, à travers des poèmes et chansons, mettant en avant la vulnérabilité des êtres humains et l’importance de pouvoirs supernaturels qui les aident à surpasser la faim, la soif, et même la mort. Les cérémonies marquent les transitions dans la vie sociale des individus. Parmi celles-ci on compte : la purification d’un couple attendant leur premier enfant ; celle d’enfants nouveaux-nés et de leurs mères ; la purification de jumeaux et d’autres enfantgs qui sont nés dans des circonstances inhabituelles ; l’initiation pour hommes et femmes ; le mariage ; le sapana, une cérémonie pour la majorité chez les hommes ; le solstice d’été ; la moisson ; et les cérémonies de soins. Le rite de passage le plus important pour la plupart des Pokot est la circoncision pour les garçons et la clitorectomie pour les filles. Ces rites consistent en une série de cérémonies basées sur le voisinage, soulignant l’importance d’avoir une bonne conduite. Lorsque les garçons sont circoncis, ils deviennent membres de l’une des huit classes d’âge. Les femmes n’appartiennent à aucune classe d’âge. Après l’excision, pour plusieurs mois, les filles portent une painture blanche sur le visage et une capuche fait de cuir noirci au charbon de bois et à l’huile. Cela signifie qu’elle sont intouchables jusqu’à la cérémonie lepan, qui marque le passage à l’état de femme. Contrairement à d’autres tribus, les Pokot gardent l’affiliation à leur clan toute leur vie, il n’y a aucune rupture lors du mariage. De façon surprenante, l’accord avant le mariage est réalisé grâce à des cadeaux de la part du futur époux et de sa famille, à la fiancée et sa famille (et non le contraire), souvent pour une période donnée d’année. Cela implique souvent le don d’une association de bétail, biens, et argent à la famille de la mariée, et l’attribution de vaches à lait et des droits fonciers à la mariée. Le lien entre le mari et la femme dure pendant 3 générations, après quoi les mariages peuvent de nouveau avoir lieu entre les deux groupes. La polygamie existes mais ne prévaut pas chez les hommes de moins de 40 ans. Les esprits des plus vieux anticipent la réincarnation chez leurs descendants vivants : quand on dit d’un enfant qu’il ressemble à son aîné, le même nom lui est donné. Les disputes sont résolues dans des conseils de voisinage et dans les tribunaux du gouvernement. Certaines des sanctions incluent le déshonneur, la malédiction et l’ensorcellement.
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Next to the busy train station there is a place where peace and silence reign: the mystical garden of the Discalced Carmelites of the church of Santa Maria di Nazareth.
The Carmelites arrived here in the 17th century and, in the vicinity of their convent, they have always had a vegetable garden where, in addition to the products used for their table, they also cultivated medicinal herbs, including the famous Melissa.
In 2014 the old vegetable garden was completely renovated, transforming itself into a mystical garden, an intimate and secluded place, where the beauty of nature meets the industriousness of man and his spirituality.
The garden is divided into seven flower beds, which represent the seven residences of the interior Castle of Santa Teresa d'Avila, Santa Carmelitana. In fact, each flowerbed evokes a theme dear to the spirituality of the Spanish saint: the fullness of life is associated with the grassy lawn; the mystical meaning of the purification of love is linked to the garden of the simple, where medicinal herbs useful for the purification of the organism are grown. The food garden, in the third flowerbed, expresses the synergy between man and nature, so that the earth can nourish life. The vineyard recalls the Eucharistic wine, in which Christ makes himself truly present, as well as the evangelical image of the profound communion of life between Jesus-vine and disciples-branches. The orchard manifests the generosity of the earth, recalling the generosity of the Creator and urging them to accept Jesus' invitation to the rich young man - taken up by Saint Teresa in the third mansions of the Castle - to leave all good for the one supreme Good. In the last two flower beds, the garden of olive trees evokes the friendship of Jesus with the apostles and with every man, while the grove, made up of trees that recall the passion of Jesus, alludes to the merciful invitation to enter the inner castle of one's own existence.
I visited the garden the year after it was renovated; so there was not much to be seen. It was still nice to visit this large private space which few people know about. It was very late in the afternoon and there was little light for photos. I’ve done some adjustments so that they don’t appear as dark as when I was actually visiting.
RITE OF PURIFICATION
Sometimes it is good to cry,
I tell myself, as for reason
still not clear, large tears,
hot and wet, wash me awake
from my fitful nights sleeping
I lie here in wondering;
I do not hunger like
a baby, or do I
The need for attending
swims still deep in my soul,
at times, such as now,
approaching the surface
Wave breaks free
of the ocean, seeking
emotional nurturing
Shrine to a time that is dead,
shrine to a time that is gone
Somewhere on a beach,
water seeps into sand,
a study on giving and taking
I sit now and rock me, having
found, from myself, consolation
I tell myself,
sometimes,
it is good to cry
~~~
from: The Music That Is Me
by: Rine Peck Littlefeather
Copyright 2004
I found some more images of the Cherry Blossom Festival I forgot to add. This was from the 3rd day of the event. It is part of a purification ceremony.
This was taken while getting ready for the 2011 Cherry Blossom Festival.
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Upon his arrival from the other world, the sun god purifies himself in the eastern horizon before his shining in Heaven, where the four gods Horus, the Lord of the North, Seth, the Lord of the South, Dewen-anwy, the Lord of the east, and Thoth, the Lord of the West, pour the water of life and power over him from the four corners of the universe.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
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Gioji Temple, Arashiyama in Kyoto.
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Varanasi (Hindustani pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi] ( listen)), also commonly known as Benares, Banaras (Banāras [bəˈnaːrəs] ( listen)) or Kashi (Kāśī [ˈkaːʃi] ( listen)), is a city on the banks of the Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital Lucknow. It is regarded as a holy city by Hindus and Jains, and holiest of the seven most sacred Hindu cities (Sapta Puri), of its ancient historic, cultural and religious heritage. Hindus believe that death at Varanasi can bring salvation.[3] It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the oldest in India.
In Alchemy y, the motto is a common component of the symbolic “Chamber of reflection,” where alchemist contemplates and reflects on the nature of death. In both Alchemy, the motto refers to a process of internal, spiritual purification.
From the Middle Ages to the late 17th-century, the so-called “philosopher’s stone” was the most sought-after goal in the world of alchemy, the medieval ancestor of chemistry. According to legend, the philosopher’s stone was a substance that could turn ordinary metals such as iron, tin, lead, zinc, nickel or copper into precious metals like gold and silver. It also acted as an elixir of life, with the power to cure illness, renew the properties of youth and even grant immortality to those who possessed it. The philosopher’s stone may not have been a stone at all, but a powder or other type of substance; it was variously known as “the tincture,” “the powder” or “materia prima.” In their quest to find it, alchemists examined countless substances in their laboratories, building a base of knowledge that would spawn the fields of chemistry, pharmacology and metallurgy.In chemistry, vitriol is iron or copper sulfate salts and their derivative, sulfuric acid. The name comes from the Latin for “glassy,” after the resemblance of iron sulfate to shards of green glass. Vitriol is symbolized alchemically as the “green lion,” a poisonous substance that appears when metal is degraded by acid. Sulfuric acid, or oil of vitriol, was used in the synthesis of the lapis philosophorum- the Philosopher’s Stone. One unique peoperty of sulfuric acid is the dissolution of metals- all except for gold, on which it has no effect. The alchemical motto for vitriol is “Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem,” “Visit the interior of the earth and rectifying (purifying) you will find the hidden stone.” The motto originated in L’Azoth des Philosophes by the 15th Century alchemist Basilius Valentinus. Many of the Western world’s most brilliant minds searched for the philosopher’s stone over the centuries, including Roger Boyle, the father of modern chemistry, and even Sir Isaac Newton, whose secretive dabblings in alchemy are well known by now. Long before Newton, however, there was Nicolas Flamel, a French bookseller and notary who lived in Paris during the 14th and early 15th centuries. In 1382, Flamel claimed to have transformed lead into gold after decoding an ancient book of alchemy with the help of a Spanish scholar familiar with the mystic Hebrew texts known as the Kabbala. Whether this was true or not, the historical record shows that Flamel did come into considerable wealth around this time, and donated his riches to charity. Harry Potter fans might recognize the name, as J.K. Rowling incorporated Nicolas Flamel into the first book in her world-famous series. Originally titled “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” in the United Kingdom, it was renamed “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” for U.S. publication.
The philosopher's stone, or stone of the philosophers (Latin: lapis philosophorum) is a legendary alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold (chrysopoeia, from the Greek χρυσός khrusos, "gold", and ποιεῖν poiēin, "to make") or silver. It is also called the elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and for achieving immortality; for many centuries, it was the most sought goal in alchemy. The philosopher's stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, enlightenment, and heavenly bliss. Efforts to discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work").It’s a great fear widespreading within your entire being, while you wait in the “Chamber of reflection” the call from the Temple, and the chamber of reflection is outside the Masonic Temple/Lodge, but the waiting lasts too long, felt like externally, and your dear friend, who invited you to become one, is passing from time to time, saying,”It’s not to late, you still can vanish and no one will say a word, it’s normal…”. Being said like a calming words, but indeed they provide the fear, knowing, being told many times, that the process (The Acceptance Rite) is irreversible, and once being passed the tough and enormously challiging your entire being Acceptance Rite, there would be no turning back. At the time in the “Chamber of reflection” in practice, being said in true alchemical language, the VITRIOL, that burns your heart with hyper anxious fear, that something fatal would happen, and you still can stand up and go out free, … this is the Spiritual vitriol, that burns all your human personality, to the degree, that if you really have a proper idea, where you’re about to be invited for an Acceptance by the first and most important Rite in Alchemy, as so, as if you are a true seeker, you should know through those hundreds of books... So, when you strive to get yourself together and accumulate such a True Grit, like you are waiting on a death row to be hanged – the feeling in the Chamber of reflection is as such, especially, when by 15en minutes, someone empathetic to your little you is coming to say, that it’s not late to get up and exit as a man throughout the he door…All of your unholly metalls burns, as by litteraly the V.I.T.R.I.O.L – the biggest written word inside, which you don’t know a sh°t about…Untill they call you with a high, strong and manly Nobile voice to come in front of the Temple’s doors. At this moment, psychologically – and then you just feel it by your entire self – SPIRITUALLY – YOU ARE THE PURE SPIRIT, THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN -indeed, long before your birth, but this you SEE AND UNDERATAND MUCH LATER – so, at that point, as a pure Spirit (Gold), cleaned by all the unpure metals built-over You for the entire life of yours – of course by the “Green Lion” you are ready to pass the process of your Initiation means, Spiritually. It’s the most glory day of your life. You are being initiated and invented to the Temple of God – which symbolize the Lodge’s inside hall (the Temple of Solomon, built, as a Home where G-d shall live… And all of that is so symbolical, that, I would said, there isn’t a single mistake in Alchemy. All is as natural, as posible, but that natural for the Spirit things are hard to be accepted by an non-purified by vitriol and then wormly accepted in the House of G-d mortals, who can’t believe, that a little part of their personality is an immortal being and their essential true Self, Who deserves the all ages motto, Know ThySelf, to be a subject of a deeper meditatation – as the Tibetan Monks are doing.
Interpretations
The various names and attributes assigned to the philosopher's stone has led to long-standing speculation on its composition and source. Esoteric candidates have been found in metals, plants, rocks, chemical compounds, and bodily products such as hair, urine, and eggs. Justus von Liebig states that 'it was indispensable that every substance accessible... should be observed and examined'. Alchemists once thought a key component in the creation of the stone was a mythical element named carmot.
Esoteric hermetic alchemists may reject work on exoteric substances, instead directing their search for the philosopher's stone inward. Though esoteric and exoteric approaches are sometimes mixed, it is clear that some authors "are not concerned with material substances but are employing the language of exoteric alchemy for the sole purpose of expressing theological, philosophical, or mystical beliefs and aspirations". New interpretations continue to be developed around spagyric, chemical, and esoteric schools of thought.
Appearance
The first key of Basil Valentine, emblem associated with the 'Great Work' of obtaining the Philosopher's stone (Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine). Descriptions of the Philosopher's Stone are numerous and various. According to alchemical texts, the stone of the philosophers came in two varieties, prepared by an almost identical method: white (for the purpose of making silver), and red (for the purpose of making gold), the white stone being a less matured version of the red stone. Some ancient and medieval alchemical texts leave clues to the physical appearance of the stone of the philosophers, specifically the red stone. It is often said to be orange (saffron colored) or red when ground to powder. Or in a solid form, an intermediate between red and purple, transparent and glass-like.The weight is spoken of as being heavier than gold, and it is soluble in any liquid, yet incombustible in fire. Alchemical authors sometimes suggest that the stone's descriptors are metaphorical. The appearance is expressed geometrically in Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. "Make of a man and woman a circle; then a quadrangle; out of this a triangle; make again a circle, and you will have the Stone of the Wise. Thus is made the stone, which thou canst not discover, unless you, through diligence, learn to understand this geometrical teaching." Rupescissa uses the imagery of the Christian passion, telling us it ascends "from the sepulcher of the Most Excellent King, shining and glorious, resuscitated from the dead and wearing a red diadem...".
Properties
The most commonly mentioned properties are the ability to transmute base metals into gold or silver, and the ability to heal all forms of illness and prolong the life of any person who consumes a small part of the philosopher's stone.[ Other mentioned properties include: creation of perpetually burning lamps, transmutation of common crystals into precious stones and diamonds, reviving of dead plants, creation of flexible or malleable glass, or the creation of a clone or homunculus.
Names
Numerous synonyms were used to make oblique reference to the stone, such as "white stone" (calculus albus, identified with the calculus candidus of Revelation 2:17 which was taken as a symbol of the glory of heaven, vitriol (as expressed in the backronym Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem), also lapis noster, lapis occultus, in water at the box, and numerous oblique, mystical or mythological references such as Adam, Aer, Animal, Alkahest, Antidotus, Antimonium, Aqua benedicta, Aqua volans per aeram, Arcanum, Atramentum, Autumnus, Basilicus, Brutorum cor, Bufo, Capillus, Capistrum auri, Carbones, Cerberus, Chaos, Cinis cineris, Crocus, Dominus philosophorum, Divine quintessence, Draco elixir, Filius ignis, Fimus, Folium, Frater, Granum, Granum frumenti, Haematites, Hepar, Herba, Herbalis, Lac, Melancholia, Ovum philosophorum, Panacea salutifera, Pandora, Phoenix, Philosophic mercury, Pyrites, Radices arboris solares, Regina, Rex regum, Sal metallorum, Salvator terrenus, Talcum, Thesaurus, Ventus hermetis. Many of the medieval allegories for a Christ were adopted for the lapis, and the Christ and the Stone were indeed taken as identical in a mystical sense. The name of "Stone" or lapis itself is informed by early Christian allegory, such as Priscillian (4th century), who stated Unicornis est Deus, nobis petra Christus, nobis lapis angularis Jesus, nobis hominum homo Christus. In some texts it is simply called 'stone', or our stone, or in the case of Thomas Norton's Ordinal, "oure delycious stone". The stone was frequently praised and referred to in such terms.
It needs to be noted that philosophorum does not mean "of the philosopher" or "the philosopher's" in the sense of a single philosopher. It means "of the philosophers" in the sense of a plurality of philosophers.
I almost deleted this but then I looked at it again and decided I liked the motion blur that draws attention to the purification ritual (water is lifted using the ladle and used to wash the hands and face - and I think some people use it to rinse their mouths) as part of a visit to the shrine.
Ahir era el darrer dia de les festes de Nadal .... La Candelera .... o una antiga festa Romana de purificació ?
Yesterday, in a lot of countries was the last day of Christmas season.... La Candelaria ....... or was an old Roman purification festival ?
The Tibetan Opera (Shoton) festival is a centuries-old tradition, which has its roots in ancient India. When Buddha’s teaching flourished in ancient India, monks were not allowed to go out and beg for alms, especially during the summer season. The sponsors, devotees and patrons instead would pay visit to the monasteries and make offering in form of milk and curd.
This tradition later made its way into Tibet especially Drepung monastery, where they observe summer retreat month (Tib: Yarne) and monthly purification practice (Tib. Sojong) and solitude (Tib: Ghag ye). Following these retreats, the monastery offers yoghurt to the monks who have successfully maintained the decorum during the Retreat Session. Thus this celebratory event came to be known as Drepung Shoton (Drepung Yoghurt Festival).
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Suffering originates from various causes and conditions. But the root cause of our pain and suffering lies in our own ignorant and undisciplined state of mind. The happiness we seek can be attained only through the purification of our minds..
Dalai Lama
A fantasy themed shoot of my Souldoll Kayla, Belili, dancing to purify nightmares from the Dreaming.
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'Without purification of the heart, all worship is unholy, insincere, and a total waste.' - His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi
"Purification" ceremony
Traditional Aztec war dance performance in the front of the National Museum of Anthropology Chapultepec Mexico City
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KANCHU SUIYOKU (Mid-Winter Bathing)
Men of all ages come to the Teppozu Inari Shrine to participate in the mid-winter bathing ceremony known as Kanchu Suiyoku. Men wearing only loincloths are purified first by priest's prayer, and then again when they enter into the icy water in a big tank on the shrine grounds, from around 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
As a purification ritual, these intrepid souls, submerged in a pool of near- freezing water, prostrate themselves against huge blocks of ice as they pray to the gods for good health and for the safety of their families in the coming year
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The RC Harris Filtration Plant, an art deco masterpiece and public works in Toronto, Canada.
Taken with a Viltrox 20mm F1.8 lens, handheld
As ritual purification precedes all prayers, mosques often have ablution fountains or other facilities for washing in their entryways or courtyards. However, worshippers at much smaller mosques often have to use restrooms to perform their ablutions. In traditional mosques, this function is often elaborated into a freestanding building in the center of a courtyard. This desire for cleanliness extends to the prayer halls where shoes are disallowed to be worn anywhere other than the cloakroom. Thus, foyers with shelves to put shoes and racks to hold coats are commonplace among mosques.
秋涼入心哪，即使白天的盛陽高照，卻無法暖和入夜時驟降的涼意~
不知不覺的，身體也變得慵懶而好吃了.....胃口怎會如此大好~就像是，準備要進入冬眠的危機意識，在心裡的某個角落作祟~
Jhihtan Water Purification Plant,Xindian,New Taipei City~
新北市，新店，直潭淨水場~
There is purification trough. Not just water, natural hot spring water!
温泉の手水舎なんかもあります。
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Yugawara Station Square (湯河原駅前広場).
Architect : Kengo Kuma & Associates (設計：隈研吾建築都市設計事務所).
Contractor : Totetsu Kogyo (施工：東鉄工業横浜支店).
Completed : October 2017 (竣工：2017年10月).
Structured : (構造：).
Costs : $ million (総工費：約億円).
Use : Plaza (用途：広場).
Height : ft (高さ：m).
Floor : 1 (階数：地上1階).
Floor area : 14,955 sq.ft. (延床面積：1,389.40㎡).
Building area : sq.ft. (建築面積：㎡).
Site area : sq.ft. (敷地面積：㎡).
Owner : Yugawara Town (建主：湯河原町).
Location : Yugawara Town, Ashigara-gun, Kanagawa, Japan (所在地：日本国神奈川県足柄下郡湯河原町).
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www.town.yugawara.kanagawa.jp/chousei/toshikeikakudoboku/...
www.town.yugawara.kanagawa.jp/global-image/units/50312/1-...
A chōzuya or temizuya is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu.
Water-filled basins, called chōzubachi, are used by worshippers for washing their left hands, right hands, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main Shinto shrine or shaden. This symbolic purification is normal before worship and all manned shrines have this facility, as well as many Buddhist temples and some new religious houses of worship.
The temizuya is usually an open area where clear water fills one or various stone basins. Wooden dippers are usually available to worshippers.
Originally, this purification was done at a spring, stream or seashore and this is still considered the ideal. Worshippers at the Inner Shrine at Ise still use this traditional way of ablution. - .wikipedia