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Samyak Festival in Patan, with a line of Dipankara Buddhas receiving offerings of food from Newaro devotees. Kathmandu, Nepal.
In Bode village, every New Year a man volunteers to fast twenty-four hours then stand on the stage to have his tounge bored with a thin steel spike. He walks through the village, the spike in place, and carries around disk like trellis, with flaming torches along the rim. In return for such a performance, it is believed, the man will go straight to Heaven when he dies. Kathmandu, Nepal.
In Bode village, every New Year a man volunteers to fast twenty-four hours then stand on the stage to have his tounge bored with a thin steel spike. He walks through the village, the spike in place, and carries around disk like trellis, with flaming torches along the rim. In return for such a performance, it is believed, the man will go straight to Heaven when he dies. Kathmandu, Nepal.
On Magh Sakranti (during January-February) the sun changes its course and begins to “move” toward the northern hemisphere. Despite the penetrating cold, this day is deemed most beneficial for ritual bathing. Many men and women gather along the banks of the sacred Bagmati River, notably in Patan’s Sankhamole area, to lunch leaf-plate offerings of burning butter wiks while praising their gods and petitioning blessings. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Moslims greet one another wishing during ID Festival. Jama Masjid, New Delhi, India.
During the Magh (January) many devout Hindu men and women observe a month-long fast and study of the Swasthani text explaining creation and the feats of Shiva (in the guise of Mahadev) and Vishnu (as Narayan), who brought peace to the suffering. Having sat through the one month long Swastani ritual meditation, wearing white cotton wraps, symbolic color of purity, foreheads dabbed with vermilion paste blessing, these Hindu boys go through the streets of Sanku, giving blessings to the villagers. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Kalash musicians accompanying the dancers at the Biramor Winter Solstice ceremony. Chitral, Pakistan.
Kalsha kids dancing during the festival. Dances evoking an amorous state of being, during the Biramor Winter Solstice ceremony. Chitral, Pakistan.
Kalash women participating in Biramor Winter Solstice ceremony in their traditional attire. The kupas, the headdress of the women, is a mark of Kalash identity. Covered with cowrie shells, it is an appeal for protection and fecundity. No women may go bareheaded, without the kupas or at least without the headdress support, the shushut, which is also decorated with cowrie shells, beads, bells, buttons and pompoms. Chitral, Pakistan.
Samyak Festival in Patan, with a line of Dipankara Buddhas receiving offerings of food from Newaro devotees.
Kathmandu, Nepal.
Samyak Festival in Patan, with a line of Dipankara Buddhas receiving offerings of food from Newaro devotees. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Samyak Festival in Patan, with a line of Dipankara Buddhas receiving offerings of food from Newaro devotees.
Kathmandu, Nepal.
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