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Death attempts to snip the precious thread of Life.
Statue inside the Asamkirche, Munich, also known as the St Johann Nepomuk Kirche.
15/365 I lived up to my flickr name today. Focusenvy is going to the quilt lady (lady who quilts our quilts with a long-arm machine) tomorrow, so this morning I decided to make a baby quilt and have it ready to take tomorrow. From first thought to finishing the top -- I just made it.
Did not have the materials for it but I have a feeling that I wanted to. So I used crochet thread that available. Well, for the first experiment it look ok to me.
In the workshop, the new, stronger stern tube is machined - and the pad that will accept the stern mounting assembly is marked out.
This was a brand new species of wasp for me. Apparently this species is distinctive for its blue black color with silvery/gold patches. A species in the family of thread waisted wasps. Kind of obvious from whence that name comes.
Thread Waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Janeu or Janou is a sacred thread worn by all Hindu Brahmins to mark the transition of a young male's life-from being a child to a young boy to becoming a man. Brahmins mark this transition with the "Upanayanam Samskara" (the sacred thread ceremony) and is usually performed between the ages of seven and fourteen. If, for some reason, it has not been done during this age period, then it needs to be completed before he gets married. This ceremony is a very ancient one. So long the boy doesnot wear the janeo or the sacred thread, he could not be reckoned among the "Dvija" (twice born).
The janeo thread is not only worn by the brahmins but also by Kshatriyas and by Vaishyas. If a Brahmin wishes to become learned in the Vedas, he should wear the janeo at the age of 5 years; if a Kshatriya wishes to gain strength, he should wear the thread at 6, and for a Vaishya, if he wishes for success, he should wear the Janeu at the age of 8.
Janeu Thread Material
This sacred thread of the Brahmins is made of cotton, that of a Kshatriya of hempen threads and that of a Vaisya of woollen threads.
Form of the Janeu
The form of the Janeu is different for different caste groups or sects. These forms are as follows :
Brahmgandh : With 5 knots for the higher grades of Brahmins and 3 knots for the lower grades Brahmin
Vishnugandh : The thread is with one knot for all other castes.
Meaning of the Three Strands of the Janeu
The janeu thread used by the Brahmins consists of three strands. There are various interpretations of the three strands of the janeo. These are as follows :
The three strands symbolizes the Hindu trinity-Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
Some symbolizes with Mahasarasvati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali.
Some interpret with past, present and the future.
The three qualities-sattva, rajas and tamas.
The three states-wakefulness, dream and deep sleep.
The three dimensions-Heaven (swarga), Earth (mrityuloka) and nether regions (pataloka).
The most important of all is-ida, pingala and susumna nadi, through which the kundalini energy manifests as prana and consciousness.
Different Methods of Wearing the Thread
There are different methods of wearing the Sacred Thread at different occasions. For example :
While performing an auspicious ceremony one should be Upaviti that is, the Sacred Thread should hang from his left shoulder.
While performing an inauspicious ceremony one should be Prachnaviti, that is, the Sacred Thread should hang from the right shoulder.
At times he is called Niviti when the Sacred Thread is worn round the neck like a garland.
The thread should be lifted and the upper part should be put behind ears when a person goes for his daily ablutions or doing impure tasks.
Both males and females can wear the thread. However, the woman should wear it on the neck. Otherwise, she may wrap it on a naariyal (brown coconut), and place it in worship place.
After a birth or death in the family, it should be taken out and then a new thread should be worn 15 days after the event.
Old, or broken thread should be replaced etc.
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Crocheted thread holder from pattern found at:
web.archive.org/web/20000623092330/http://crochet.theshop...
my weekend was pretty fun. i spent it with my practical sister gemma. but basically every computer in my house is broken, but my dad hooked up my laptop's hard drive with his desktop computer. lmfao. it's really confusing.
"I was born to be somebody."
I won the spool of 600 for a snowflake I entered in the annual competition run by the Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, California. My snowflake was voted number 1 by the visitors to the museum.
At some point, the tatting thread industry renumbered size 70 to size 80 without altering the way the thread was made.
YAY! I picked up a thread rack tonight at WalMart for all of $10. I've been wanting one of these for a really long time. I think thread looks so pretty and colorful displayed this way. Plus I was able to empty two little plastic storage bins I was keeping my thread in (now I have a place to store other sewing-supplies!).
Just came back from my Iguacu Falls/Falkland Islands/South Georgia/ANTARCTICA trip!! Absolutely incredible.
King penguin shot in Elsehul, South Georgia with my 300m.
Eyebrow threading on the street.
Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrates Indian culture in San Antonio, Texas
...... well, just started!
A personal challenge for the weekend - make a picture on this scrap of coloured canvas.
I don't work to a plan usually so have collected ribbon and threads in colours I like and started ....
the straight ribbon pieces went on first - so it looks like it will have to be a landscape, or maybe abstract .....
that yellow sky looks to be a challenge - shall I stitch it a different colour?
....... I'll leave it 'til last!
Two days on .... see www.flickr.com/photos/23261611@N04/3735522003/
The sky changed colour!