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A photo of Blessings Kachere from Malawi. Learn more at cure.org/curekids/malawi/2013/11/blessings_kachere/
Galungan is the most important feast for Balinese Hindus, a celebration to honor the creator of the universe (Ida Sang Hyang Widi) and the spirits of the honored ancestors.
The festival symbolizes the victory of good (Dharma) over evil (Adharma), and encourages the Balinese to show their gratitude to the creator and sainted ancestors.
Galungan occurs once in the 210-day cycle of the Balinese calendar, and marks the time of the year when the spirits of the ancestors are believed to visit the earth. Balinese Hindus perform rituals that are meant to welcome and entertain these returning spirits.
There is no one above us but the Self that unfolds and our mistaking that for the passage of time. If time was fixed we could not remember nor imagine. These are hints at what we need to do and first is to take responsibility for our roles as purveyors of energy into the world...how shall we send it...
St John the Baptist, Holywell, Cambridgeshire
Holywell-cum-Needingworth is a large Cambridgeshire parish on the bank of the River Ouse. There are two main settlements in the parish: Holywell, where the church is, and the larger village of Needingworth. Until 1974, the parish was in Huntingdonshire, adjoining the Cambridgeshire border. It sits close to the edge of the Fens.
Needingworth was the home of the Mortlock and Mansfield familes. Thomas Moody Mortlock (1842-1919) and Eliza Mansfield (1839-1938) were my great-great-grandparents, and they had twelve children. Their daughter Eliza Mortlock married William Cornwell of Histon, Cambridgeshire. Eliza and William were my mother's grandparents.
Two of Eliza Mortlock's younger sisters lie side by side in Holywell churchyard. Kate Payne née Mortlock was born in the 3rd quarter of 1871 in her parents' house in High Street, Needingworth. She was baptised along with six of her brothers and sisters at St John the Baptist on the 1st June 1873. In the 3rd quarter of 1895 she married John Payne in the same church. They lived at Westcliff in Essex. Kate died on the 26th June 1955 when she was 83 years old, and was buried in Holywell churchyard. Julia Mortlock was Kate's younger sister. She was born in the 4th quarter of 1876 in the same house in High Street, Needingworth. It does not appear that she ever married. She died nearly two years after Kate on the 7th February 1957 at the age of 80, and was buried beside her sister.
Thomas Moody Mortlock and Eliza his wife are mentioned in Kate's inscription.
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
Charles Dickens
Santo Amaro Slum and Christ The Redeemer Statue viewed from Marina da Glória.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Have a blessed day. :¬)
There are wind chimes along the steps of Wen Wu Temple which are used by visitors to ask for blessings. Their function is somewhat like that of a wishing well. Visitors first buy wind chimes for their specific animal of the Chinese zodiac, and then have the chimes passed through incense smoke by temple workers. Then the visitors write their names and the contents of their wishes, and go to the top of the Year of Steps to ring the chimes, and finally go down the steps and hang the chimes beside those steps that represent their birthdays, symbolizing the completion of their efforts.
Source: www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw/en/03000573.aspx
It is said that the wind will send your prayers to the saints and gods of Wen Wu Temple....
I asked Jade to translate of few of the wishes (not these ones). They were: to become pregnant, for money, and for an ill grandma to get better. Any help from my Chinese flickr friends in translating what the wishes are on these chimes would be appreciated.
India, Assam.
Sibsagar (Sivasagar), Sivadol, Shiva temple
The Sivadol (Hindi: शिवडोल) stands on the bank of Borpukhuri tank in the heart of Sivasagar, Assam. It was built in 1734 by Bar Raja Ambika, queen of Ahom king Swargadeo Siba Singha. The Sivadol (dol means temple in Assamese) is believed to be the tallest Shiva temple in India. Its height is 104 feet (32 m) and the perimeter is 195 ft (59 m) at the base. It is capped by an eight feet high golden-dome. Each year during the Shivaratri, a huge mela (fair) is organised in the temple ground and pilgrims from all over India arrives here to offer puja.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibsagar
In Hinduism, sadhu, or shadhu is a common term for a mystic, an ascetic, practitioner of yoga (yogi) and/or wandering monks. The sadhu is solely dedicated to achieving the fourth and final Hindu goal of life, moksha (liberation), through meditation and contemplation of Brahman. Sadhus often wear ochre-colored clothing, symbolizing renunciation.
I think this must be the most photographed sadhu sitting in front of Sivadol. I already saw him on many photostreams
I must admit, he's a very colourful person, and I couldn't get enough of him either ;)
Galungan is the most important feast for Balinese Hindus, a celebration to honor the creator of the universe (Ida Sang Hyang Widi) and the spirits of the honored ancestors.
The festival symbolizes the victory of good (Dharma) over evil (Adharma), and encourages the Balinese to show their gratitude to the creator and sainted ancestors.
Galungan occurs once in the 210-day cycle of the Balinese calendar, and marks the time of the year when the spirits of the ancestors are believed to visit the earth. Balinese Hindus perform rituals that are meant to welcome and entertain these returning spirits.
Collage Play With Crowabout- Week 104
Credits:
Astrid Maclean for borders & hat
mightee*mouse- grapes and large turkey
Norma Frances- scalloped border
melissamh- Thanksgiving Greetings
Rubyblossom- background
My home town.....Kota Kinabalu.
Majestic Mt. Kinabalu behind.
Taken while on the way to Tawau.
Color adjustment > Sharpen in CS3
Blessing of the bikes ceremony in Bedekovčina, Croatia with reverend Josip Komorčec - PEPEK
Svake godine na Bijelu nedjelju velečasni Josip Komorčec - PEPEK udjeljuje blagoslov motorima, motoristima, oldtimerima i putnicima nakon mise u crkvi sv. Barbare u Bedekovčini. Ovaj video je napravljen 19 travnja 2009. kada se uprkos kiši okupilo preko 2000 bikera.
This lovely doily box contains delicate silverware with porcelain-decorated handles I collected while I lived in Japan some years ago.
They had started to tarnish, so I decided to paint them in soft, grey pastels.
Love it!! Blessings
Home blessing on Thonet table by Lakbear.
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... "I saw seven lean cows which rose out of the river and devoured seven fat cows!
. and, I saw seven withered ears of grain which devoured seven fat ears!"...
Wheat was a key factor enabling the emergence of city-based societies at the start of civilization because it was one of the first crops that could be easily cultivated on a large scale, and had the additional advantage of yielding a harvest that provides long-term storage of food. The archaeological record suggests ... More
As all the Bappas move towards Girgaon Chowpaty all the people who live in the buildings across the procession road gather to enjoy the procession and to take blessings from Bappa.
Sundown at the quarry show the blue horizon, the colorful clouds. the prismal cast on the lake, and rays of blessings from the heavens. Another lowlight performance by the "little BIG box".
Blessing my new house. Thai monks who stayed in the Netherlands for 3 months, have blessed my house :)
Every year thousands of sadhus, pilgrims and religious men and women gather in a religious camp organised by the State Government of West Bengal at a place near Outram Jetty, Kolkata on their way to Gangasagar Mela to take the Holy Bathe. Here this religious person is seen offering his sacred blessing to his disciples and giving a nice portrait wearing a colorful turban as well to many photographers like me.
Emotive blessings for the wisdom to always find our own way with a sage cord from the kilted mapmaker and her wife. Photo by Knots & Tots Photography in Austin, TX. tribe.offbeatbride.com/members/spiralspeaker/profile