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This photographic story of mine, with descriptive text, was created in Novara di Sicilia (ME) on August 15th of this year, on the occasion of a suggestive traditional religious and popular celebration, that of the Apotheosis of the Assumption (in Heaven), which takes place every 5 years, however due to the bans issued during the Covid, it was not celebrated in 2020, so this celebration had not been held for 10 years. I would like to tell the origins of this ancient tradition, which began with the arrival of the Normans in Sicily around the year 1000. At that time, Southern Italy was a coexistence of peoples, religions, and languages, the most diverse. The majority were the Lombards. There were also the Greeks, with the Greek population of Calabria and Salento (i.e., the Byzantines), with the Greek Church based in Constantinople. It was not a foreign Byzantine domination, but rather the people of those lands for centuries. Then there were the Arabs who had conquered Sicily, and even under the Arabs in Sicily, Greeks, Latins, and Jews coexisted; the populations coexisted with each other, and the leaders waged war against each other. Then, in southern Italy, the Normans arrived, seeking adventure and fortune. They were French from Northern France, and the descendants of the Vikings from Scandinavia. the Norman Roger 1st of Sicily (known as the Great Count Roger) together with his brother, conquered Puglia, Calabria, subsequently they allied themselves with an Arab emir reigning in Sicily, who asked them for help because he was fighting against another Arab emir present in Sicily, Roger landed in Messina in February 1061 managing to occupy the eastern part of Sicily, thirty years after his landing in Sicily, in 1091 Roger could say he was master of all of Sicily; Ancient literature credits Great Count Roger with initiating the celebrations of the Assumption, whose banner featured the image of the Our Lady Ascending to Heaven. Under his patronage, the process of "re-Christianization" of the island began. Devotion to the Virgin was strengthened in the territory of Novara di Sicilia in the 12th century with the arrival of the French abbot Hugh (also proclaimed a saint), sent to Sicily by Bernard of Clairvaux, of the Cistercian Order, which has the figure of the Assumption as a cornerstone of its religious institution. This celebration-feast has seen mixed fortunes. Before the Second World War, the float with the Assumption was carried in procession along with approximately 15 floats of various saints. After that conflict, the bishop banned carrying statues of saints alongside the Assumption. With the Great Jubilee of 2000, the ancient tradition was revived with the Saints preceding the Assumption's exit. They arrive in the town's main square, forming a semicircle, awaiting the arrival of the Assumption, which in the meantime has been carried in procession through the town's streets. Upon her return to the square around midnight, the Assumption of Mary is reunited with all the Saints, giving life to the supreme expression of the Apotheosis of Mary Assumed into Heaven, amidst songs, litanies, and prayers. This, in short, is a great, heartfelt procession that begins in the afternoon and continues late into the night, with the many floats of saints preceding that of the Assumption of Mary, characterized by having their arms raised high, and the presence of more than 150 candles being lit. The official logo of the Solemn Apotheosis of the Assumption encloses the presence of the 15 saints as if they were 15 roses, arranged in a crown around the monogram "M - A" (Our Lady Ascending to Heaven): for Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy the "Mystical Rose" is "the Love of God", a symbol of divine perfection, peace, and the beauty of Paradise, linked to the figure of Mary, the Mystical Rose par excellence. Thus the Apotheosis is nothing other than the Embrace that God, through Mary and the Saints, addresses to all men.

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Questo mio racconto fotografico, con testo descrittivo, è stato realizzato a Novara di Sicilia (ME) il 15 di agosto di quest’anno, in occasione di una suggestiva celebrazione tradizionale religiosa e popolare, quella della Apoteosi dell’Assunta (in Cielo), che prende vita ogni 5 anni, purtuttavia causa i divieti emanati durante il covid, nel 2020 non venne celebrata, sicchè questa celebrazione era da 10 anni che non veniva svolta. Desidero raccontare le origini di questa antica tradizione, essa nasce con l’arrivo dei Normanni in Sicilia attorno all’Anno Mille, in quel periodo nell’Italia Meridionale c’era una convivenza di popoli, religioni, lingue, le più diverse, la maggioranza era data dai Longobardi, c’erano i Greci, con la popolazione greca della Calabria, del Salento (ovvero i Bizantini) con la Chiesa Greca che faceva capo a Costantinopoli, non era una dominazione bizantina straniera, ma erano i popoli di quelle terre da secoli, poi c'erano gli Arabi che avevano conquistato la Sicilia, ed anche sotto gli arabi in Sicilia, convivenao Greci, Latini, Ebrei, le popolazioni convivevano tra loro, erano i capi che si facevano la guerra tra di loro; poi nel meridione d’Italia arrivarono i Normanni, in cerca di avventura e di fortuna, essi erano francesi della Francia del Nord, essi erano i discendenti dei Vichinghi provenienti dalla Scandinavia; il Normanno Ruggero 1° di Sicilia (detto il Gran Conte Ruggero) insieme al fratello, conquista la Puglia, la Calabria, successivamente si allearono con un emiro arabo regnante in Sicilia, che chiedeva loro aiuto perché in lotta contro un altro emiro arabo presente in Sicilia, Ruggero sbarcò a Messina nel febbraio del 1061 riuscendo ad occupare la parte orientale della Sicilia, dopo trent'anni dal suo sbarco in Sicilia, nel 1091 Ruggero poté dirsi padrone di tutta la Sicilia; l’antica letteratura indica il Gran Conte Ruggero promotore dei festeggiamenti dell’Assunta, sul cui stendardo campeggiava l’immagine dell’Assunta, sotto la cui protezione ebbe inizio il processo di “ricristianizzazione” dell’isola, devozione verso la Vergine che si rafforza nel territorio di Novara di Sicilia nel XII secolo con l’arrivo dell’abate francese Ugo (anch’egli proclamato Santo), inviato in Sicilia da Bernardo di Chiaravalle, dell’Ordine Cistercense, che ha come pilastro portante la figura dell’Assunta nella sua istituzione religiosa. Questa celebrazione-festa ha visto alterne fortune, prima del secondo conflitto mondiale la vara con l’Assunta veniva portata in processione assieme a circa 15 vare di diversi santi, dopo tale conflitto ci fu il divieto vescovile di portare le statue dei santi insieme all’Assunta; col Grande Giubileo del 2000 l’antica tradizione riprese vita coi Santi che precedono l’uscita dell’Assunta, giungendo nella piazza principale del paese, disponendosi a semicerchio, aspettando l’arrivo dell’Assunta che nel frattempo è stata condotta in processione nelle vie del paese, al suo rientro in piazza verso mezzanotte Maria Assunta si ricongiunge con tutti i Santi, dando vita alla massima espressione dell’Apoteosi di Maria Assunta in Cielo, tra canti, litanie e preghiere. Questa, in sintesi, è una grande, sentita, processione che inizia nel pomeriggio, per proseguire a notte fonda, con le tante vare di santi che precedono quella di Maria Assunta, caratterizzata dall'avere le braccia rivolte in alto, e la presenza di più di 150 candele che vengono accese. Il logo ufficiale della Solenne Apoteosi dell’Assunta racchiude la presenza dei 15 santi come fossero 15 rose, disposte a corona attorno al monogramma “M – A” (Madonna Assunta): per Dante Alighieri nella Divina Commedia la “Rosa Mistica” è “l’Amore di Dio”, simbolo della perfezione divina, pace, bellezza del Paradiso, collegata alla figura di Maria, Rosa Mistica per eccellenza, ecco che l’Apoteosi altro non è che l’Abbraccio che Dio, tramite Maria ed i Santi, rivolge a tutti gli uomini.

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Let Freedom Ring by starbuck77

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4th of July 2011, Washington, D.C.

Let's roll! by on record...by George

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Let L-410s by Pentakrom

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Let L-410s of the Czech Air Force at Fairford on 24th July 1993.

Let it snow by Rising Damp

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Let Yourself Go by Yaseen Syed

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Never conform to society...

Let's Bowl! by Bo Darville

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Burnsville MN

LET L-410UVP by Matt Sudol

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Letecke Muzeum Kbely

Leter by Porter Rockwell (sticker trading)

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this is not my work...I am just a photographer taking hdr graff pictures.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I Do Not Condone Any Acts Of Vandalism Nor Do I Participate In Such Criminal Activity. I Am Simply An Observant and Take Photos Of This Graffiti You Have Come Across. ALSO I Will Not Condone Any Usage Of My Photos To Support Any Legal Matter Involving These Acts Of Vandalism Therefore YOU ARE NOT WELCOME TO VIEW OR TAKE THIS MATERIAL For ANY Purpose...

Lets Go Digital by mahdhy mohamed

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Let It Rain by Jessica Greene

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let's swing.. by aice.esci

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Let sleeping dogs... by Tim Bouwer

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Assignment: PCA 35 View from the ground floor

Deadline:August 3, 2008

Image Tag: pca35

From: me and them

Mission:

The ground floor... there's nowhere to go but up! This time around shoot whatever you want, but what's important is where your camera is: ground level. Be it the kitchen floor, an open field or hiding underneath a church pew, your perspective is going to be that of a mouse, a fairy, an ant, or anything else similarly relegated to the world of the small. Try to find a subject that is really complemented by your earthly perspective.

For those engineering types in the group who need precision (including yours truly), you don't need to have your camera exactly in contact with the ground. Let's say no more 3 inches from ground to camera base. Get those elbows dirty!

WIT:

It turned out a little more complicated than I intended.

I took several shots at ground level with my telephoto lens and the camera on the ground.

There are several problems with shooting a black dog with a telephoto - the exposure tends to end up with blown out highlights and the depth of field poses problems.

I tried with the face in focus and with the paw in focus and didn't like either.

Then I used photoshop elements and, after making sure that I imported an image that did not have overexposed or underexposed areas, I overlayed the two shots (focused paws and focused face) on top of each other.

I used the quick selection tool to select the focused paw (and inverted that selection) and then deleted everything but the paw and the leg in the vicinity. It needed to be aligned which I did by making the paw-piece semi-transparent and moving it around.

You will notice (I know summerspot will) that there is a bit of a OOF edge around the paw. I left it in there - sort of a faux orton :-) - because I liked it (a realization that came after trying several techniques for getting rid of it :-))

Then I needed to deal with the carpet in the foreground that was very bright in the original. I again used the quick selection tool to select that, used levels to darken only that part and added a gausian blur to the layer to merge the darker with the rest of the photograph with a soft edge. Oh - and the door in the background had a glass pane about the height of the top of the head that I cloned out.... my goodness lots of manipulation this week!

I am fairly pleased with the result (forgive the photoshop elements tutorial - I thought it would be useful to include these details....).

Anne (my wife) says that our dog now looks a lot older than we think of her.... our Midnight Molly is getting gray.

Let's baking by chimkudo

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Let it snow! by Irena Rihova

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my son let me do some pics of him!

Lets cook by Adam Moralee

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let it be! by josue powPOW

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Collab con un colega del hermano pais de arg , GABB/ Gabriel Satailo , quedo filetaso esto es no AI! esta muy filete!

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GOOO !

let it bleed. by mr.moore

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The dolphins put up an incredible fight today but the killers would not let -Taiji,Japan by Auksinis Kardas

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February 16th, 2015 - Bottlenose Capture and Slaughter — at Taiji Japan

Disturbing and sinister scenes this morning saw another swift drive end in the live capture of 5 adult Bottlenose Dolphins, plus the butchering of another 2 adults and 1 defenceless baby.

As this once completely free pod was driven in towards the Taiji Cove, the future of this small close-knit family remained uncertain. Relentless harassment from the circling skiffs and drive boats instilled fear and panic among the adults, as they searched for an escape route to freedom both for themselves, and the helpless baby dolphin clinging to their side. But their tireless efforts to escape were to prove completely futile.

In a truly disgusting display of power and gluttony, dozens of Taiji killers and dolphin trainers laughed and joked with excitement as some herded the pod towards their final taste of freedom, and others tossing used cigarette butts into the water as they waited. They were unable to contain their greedy and excitable expressions as their collective vision of hauling in the next "Cash-Cow Catch" was becoming reality. Five adults Bottlenose were hand picked by the local 'Taiji Whale Museum" trainers, harnessed into slings, then transferred to floating pens within the Taiji Harbour, where they now begin their epic journey of torturous starvation, medicated feeding and belittling hand signals from their new task masters and rulers. For the remaining two adults and the one defenceless juvenile, no time was wasted as they were subjected to the same pain and suffering as the thousands of small cetaceans slain in these waters before them. Today's livestream is available at livestream.seashepherd.org

Sites for more information :

Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Page (official)

www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage

Cove Guardians

www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians

Photo: Sea Shepherd

Let's Be Friends by Mamluke

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1950s Children's Book

FOLSOM STREET FAIR RE-MIX by addadada

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FOLSOM STREET FAIR RE-MIX! (The re-edited & re-cropped photos from the various street fairs)

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Check out ADDA DADA's other FOLSOM STREET FAIR sets !

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the next FOLSOM STREET FAIR is September 29, 2013

Let it be by Pierre CORBUCCI

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Let's roll by Gary Kinsman