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Viaggio in Giappone giorno 15/17
Oggi ci siamo dedicati ad esplorare la parte est di Tokyo. Con la preziosa guida di Jun Flowery ci siamo recati a Nippori dove si trova la Fabric Street della Nippori Textile Town, dove Martina Poian ha potuto andare a caccia di scampoli e stoffe introvabili in Europa nei numerosi negozi di stoffe presenti lungo la strada. Dopo questo raid dovremo stare attenti sul volo di ritorno al peso dei bagagli!
Ci siamo poi spostati nel quartiere di Asakusa, dove si trova lo spettacolare Tempio buddista Senso-ji. È uno dei templi più famosi di Tokyo, a causa del suo edificio imponente, della bellissima pagoda adiacente e delle enormi lanterne rosse che si trovano ai cancelli di ingresso e sulla scalinata del tempio.
Appena prima della scalinata si trova un braciere cerimoniale chiamato Jokoro, dove i fedeli bruciano involucri di incenso cercando di spingere il fumo con le mani sulla propria testa. Secondo la tradizione infatti l'incenso purifica il corpo, e se si purifica la testa si diventa intelligenti.
La foto rappresenta proprio questo rito; sullo sfondo si può vedere la gigantesca lanterna rossa situata all'ingresso del tempio.
Consigliatissimo visitare il tempio al tramonto in quanto l'illuminazione è fatta molto bene e si può ammirare in un contesto unico anche la Tokyo Sky Tree, la torre panoramica costruita come riscatto del terremoto del 2011.
Abbiamo concluso la giornata facendo shopping nei negozi di Asakusa e mangiando una fantastica Tempura con riso.
Asakusa è quartiere che non può mancare quando si visita Tokyo!
Dondi @ Kalighat, Kolkata 2015
Dondi is a Hindu religious rite or ritual, an act of penance and worship to the Goddess Shitala to keep diseases at bay and keep her family healthy
It is performed mainly in Kolkata and Bengal, that I’m aware of & at quite a few locations. This particular event is held annually at Kalighat Kali temple area in the peak of summer. Devotees prostrate themselves on the bare ground in prayer, then get up to walk a few steps before prostrating all over again. The journey starts with a dip at the Ganga river banks in Kalighat and terminates about a kilometer away with a fire ritual
Most participants are women and children, with the odd men thrown in
Water is liberally strewn out onto the streets, by water tankers, volunteers and well wishers - by buckets on to the streets and participating devotees just to make this event possible
In a nutshell, www.joydeepmukherjee.com/gallery.php?id=NzE=
The golden rule if you wish to get into the thick of things is to get your foot wear off
needless to say my footwear came off very early on
first time i was witnessing this event, so i did not know the rules or the tricks
next up, is to save your gear from all the splashing water
For babies too young to participate in the dondi, they are often placed on the backs of the performing devotees, or placed on their paths on the ground. Sometimes the performing devotees are even asked to walk over these babies - a good omen or so they believe
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A beautiful balloon flower (kikyo) sitting atop the purification fountain (chozuya) to the left of the main structures of Gango-ji as one enters from the main gate. Purification is an important ceremonial ritual used before praying or approaching sacred areas. As in most Japanese tradition, left hand before right hand... And you might consider rinsing your mouth as well.
Gango-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect known as one of the seven great temples of Nara (nanto shichi daiji). Its history dates back to the Asuka period, but was moved to the Nara city area around 718 AD. Although it isn't as extravagant as Todai-ji or other temples in the area, it is a UNESCO world heritage site for its historical significance--most notably, the roof tiles of the gyogi-buki style which are close to 1400 years old.
Gango-ji. Chuin-cho, Nara.
The Palace of Purification lights up the fog overhead.
Seen from the beach at the RC Harris Filtration Plant.
Enjoy it large.
Often described as 'older than tradition itself', Varanasi (India) is one of the most ancient living cities on earth. Ageless, it doesn't seem as if the passage of time has transformed it in any tangible way.
Under the abiding auspices of the goddess Ganga whose waters wash its shores, Varanasi is the holiest city in India. Hindus believe that bathing in the Ganges absolves them of their sins, and that having their body committed to it at death liberates their soul from the cycle of transmigratory rebirth.
Its ghats - steps leading to the river - are a hub of social cohesion where life and death intermingle. Men wash clothes, youngsters play, their elders exchange gossip, shopkeepers display their wares, priests perform elaborate rituals for the public while, remote from the bustle, pilgrims and holy men silently bask in the river, their spirit immersed in the goddess. Downstream, the 'burning ghats' greet an unceasing procession of the deceased and submit them to a final purification by fire and water.Their bodies are cremated and their charred remains entrusted to the river.
'Pure souls' - priests, pregnant women, small children, lepers, and victims of snake-bites - are not cremated. Their bodies are swathed in a shroud and taken to the deep of the river, where they are dropped to their final resting place, a heavy stone attached to their feet.
At dawn, a veil of mysticism covers Varanasi. A lone pilgrim wades in the holy waters, absorbed in a timeless ritual of purification. Nearby, boatmen prepare to commend a 'pure soul' to the depths of the river.
Dondi @ Kalighat, Kolkata 2015
Dondi is a Hindu religious rite or ritual, an act of penance and worship to the Goddess Shitala to keep diseases at bay and keep her family healthy
It is performed mainly in Kolkata and Bengal, that I’m aware of & at quite a few locations. This particular event is held annually at Kalighat Kali temple area in the peak of summer. Devotees prostrate themselves on the bare ground in prayer, then get up to walk a few steps before prostrating all over again. The journey starts with a dip at the Ganga river banks in Kalighat and terminates about a kilometer away with a fire ritual
Most participants are women and children, with the odd men thrown in
Water is liberally strewn out onto the streets, by water tankers, volunteers and well wishers - by buckets on to the streets and participating devotees just to make this event possible
In a nutshell, www.joydeepmukherjee.com/gallery.php?id=NzE=
The golden rule if you wish to get into the thick of things is to get your foot wear off
needless to say my footwear came off very early on
first time i was witnessing this event, so i did not know the rules or the tricks
next up, is to save your gear from all the splashing water
For babies too young to participate in the dondi, they are often placed on the backs of the performing devotees, or placed on their paths on the ground. Sometimes the performing devotees are even asked to walk over these babies - a good omen or so they believe
This is the altarpiece at the third chapel/monument on the right side of the nave at the basilica. The Purification of the Virgin (Presentation of Christ in the Temple) is the work of Giuseppe Salviati aka Giuseppe Porta; completed around 1548-50.
The saints included here include Saints Paul, Helen, Augustine, Bernardino, Nicholas, and Mark. They are said to have been the "name saints" of the donors family.
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice; March 2017
Talatat with part of the purification scene of a royal lady, apparently from Queen Kiya, beloved secondary wife of King Akhenaten.
• XVIII Dinastía. Reinado de Amenhotep IV / Akhenatón
• Procedencia:
• Material: piedra calcárea.
• Dimensiones:
• Conservación: New York. Metropolitan Museum. Gift of Noerbert Schimmel, 1985 (1985.328.8)
RÓTULO INFORMATIVO DEL MET
Purification of a Royal Woman
Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336 B.C.
(middle to late reign)
Painted limestone
Gift of Noerbert Schimmel, 1985 (1985.328.8)
This fragment is from a scene showing a royal woman undergoing a ritual of purification. The zigzag lines represent water being poured over her head from a jar held by the small hand at the upper left of the relief. The woman originally worwe a Nubian wig similar to the one carved on the canopic jar lid in the center of this gallery.
Later the wig was filled in with gypsum plaster, which was modeled and recurved into the elaborately dressed side lock of hair fallen out. Judging by the facial features and the original wig, the figure probably was intended to represent Queen Kiya, a beloved secondary wife of Akhenaten. This queen seems to have died several years before the end of the king´s reign, and her images were invariably altered to represent one of his older daughters, as on this relief.
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Texto: Juan Rodríguez Lázaro.
Foto: Juan Rodríguez Lázaro. Tomada el 6 de marzo del 2020.
A purification ritual for a mithun killed by strangulation at the Puri (Adi) festival of Donggin held at Aalo in the Siang valley.
Church of St. Mary of The Purification in Marystown, Minnesota (about 6 miles south of Shakopee). This Catholic parish was founded in 1855 by Benedictine priest Father George Keller and about 30 families. The present building was completed in 1882 and its spire was completed in 1883.
Per the Minnesota Historical Society website:
Romanesque rubblestone church (1882), 1893 school, 1910 rectory, and 1921 convent built for county's oldest parish, a German Catholic settlement.
There used to be photos on the net of the church's lovely interior, but I have been unable to find them again (in 2018).
The church, along with St. Mark's and St. Mary's in Shakopee, became part of the Parish of Saints Joachim and Anne at some point in the mid-2000's.
This building is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP Reference #: 80002173
Added to NRHP: April 17, 1980
"The Angel-lights of Christmas morn,
Which shot across the sky,
Away they pass at Candlemas,
They sparkle and they die.
Comfort of earth is brief at best,
Although it be divine;
Like funeral lights for Christmas gone,
Old Simeon's tapers shine.
And then for eight long weeks and more
We wait in twilight grey,
Till the high candle sheds a beam
On Holy Saturday.
We wait along the penance-tide
Of solemn fast and prayer;
While song is hush'd, and lights grow dim
In the sin-laden air.
And while the sword in Mary's soul
Is driven home, we hide
In our own hearts, and count the wounds
Of passion and of pride.
And still, though Candlemas be spent
And Alleluias o'er,
Mary is music in our need,
And Jesus light in store."
– Bl. John Henry Newman.
My reflection on today's feast can be read here.
Mural in the Dominican church in Vittoriosa, Malta.
"I come here once a week for purification"
"What reasons do you usually come here for?" I ask Putu
"Usually if I am having nightmares, bad thoughts or problems with my skin"
"And does it work for you?"
"Yes" he replies "I think the water here is holy but I also think it works because it is what I choose to believe- everything is in the mind"
Pura Tirta Empul is one of the places I was most looking forward to discovering. It is known for its holy spring water and Mother Nature has clearly decided to surround it in the most breathtaking and gracious manner. Many Balinese Hindus come to this temple to pray and to purify themselves in one of the pools where a specific number of fountains release holy water. The pool with 13 fountains for instance is reserved for cremation ceremonies. Another with 8 fountains is symbolically used for spiritual purification (ex: if someone is sick) and the pool with 5 fountains is for those who simply come to pray. I was hoping to see worshipers bathe in this special water, but the pools were empty as I probably showed up a little too early (to beat the tourist crowds)... But either way, not seeing any worshipers is a good excuse to come back to Bali wink emoticon. As cheesy as this may sound, Tirta Empul has been one of the places where I felt an incredible sense of inner calm. I'm certain the nature has something to do with it all...Unlike churches for instance, the idea of a "roof" is non-existant in Balinese Hindu temples. Nature plays an equally spiritual role and must surround one's prayers (this idea of nature & faith has truly fascinated me all throughout my trip). Tirta Empul is also embellished with countless carved stones and art ornating the many shrines. Even the ponds filled with "fish for luck" and the mangosteen trees add something special to this place. If you are ever in Bali, this is a gem that is definitely worth a visit...
Just off the operating room is this small room with two autoclaves for sterilizing surgical instruments. The curled up paper in the middle explains how to make distilled water using the "water" and "steam" valves just above it. The handwritten note to the far right explains how to use the autoclaves.
In Saint Joseph's eve, in some Italian countries devoted to St. Joseph bonfires are lit for devotion and sacrifice, in honor of the saint.
Feast of the Purification Mary
(Candlemas)
Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine Secundum verbum tuum in pace: Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum: Lumen ad revelationem gentium, Et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.
Now dismiss Thy servant, O Lord, In peace, according to Thy word: For mine own eyes hath seen Thy salvation, Which Thou hast prepared in the sight of all the peoples, A light to reveal Thee to the nations And the glory of Thy people Israel.
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