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Volunteers selling flower blessings at the Lattice, Gardens by the Bay for donations to charity organisations during River Hongbao.
善待自己的身体..... 滋养自己的心灵.....
take good care for our body..... nourish our souls......
那悦耳的祝福的唱诵， 那细细温和的祝福声...... 飘散于空气中....
The blessing , in the air.....
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An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media shortly after blessing the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Monday, May 14, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia, and prime NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba is scheduled for 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Card done in mostly distress inks. The sentiment was printed from Robo Master then cut on the Silhouette as was the mat, butterfly, fern, leaves and rose. A little bit of Pearlescent paints ont he butterfly and around the edge of the mat.
Hans Memling
Christ blessing
Boston Museum of Fine Arts -
Original photo by courtesy of jimforest, color-modified by p.a.
Distress inks, water and eggshell watercolor paper. The sentiment is white embossed on vellum. Some new stamps have reached Moscow, Russia:) This card goes to my husband who is my true blessing!
UPD: blogged - mdoricheva.blogspot.ru/2014/01/hero-arts-2014.html
Model: Blessing
MUA: Shimmer by Aisha Haq
Event: #OttawaPhotographyMeetup
Graflex Crown Graphic 45. Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 135mm f4.7 at f16. Ilford FP4 Plus in XTOL 1:2 12.5min at 20C. M3 flash bulb in Heiland flash unit.
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.
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.
Faithfuls line up to get their blessings from Yamantaka or Shinjeshe, the terminator of death, on the final day of Jambay Lhakhang Drup festival at Jambay Lhakhang Buddhist temple in the Chokhor Valley in Bhutan's Bumthang district November 13, 2011. It's believed that Yamantaka can break samsara or the cycle of rebirth. Photo by Tim Chong
this is what the grand escalante staircase looks like on a day with rolling thunderstorms...epic! i had this vision in my head for some bridal pictures of my daughter and her wedding dress for awhile, and since we were going as a family to escalante on vacation, i thought it would be perfect! my daughter did not initially want to bring the dress for fear it would get dirty or ruined right before her wedding, but we finally decided to bring it with us just in case we wanted to take pictures. i brought a tarp and a white sheet to protect the bottom of the dress. it was a lot of work, but we are very glad we took pictures here because this place means a great deal to our family. however, once we returned home from vacation, we were devastated by the fact that our basement had flooded while we were gone. that's right, our entire basement flooded a week before the big wedding celebration. it took me a couple of days to get a grip on things when i realized something...had i left the dress at home it would have stayed hung in my closet with the entire dress and train resting all over my closet floor. my daughter's exquisite silk taffeta wedding dress would have been completely ruined a week before her wedding! who knew that the safest place for this dress would be on my daughter...standing on top of a red rocky cliff...overlooking the grand escalante staircase? a tender mercy and a blessing? we think so. you can see why this picture is a favorite for many reasons.
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 ;)