maryland_fotos
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Lighting incense at a temple in Kangra town in northern India.
Incense by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
Incense by Maryland Photos, on FlickrTaipei-metro
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Out to Lunch
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Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva aka the Goddess of Mercy. Buddhism. February 2020. Giac Lam Pagoda (1744), Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Fuji X-H1 - XF 2.8/16-55 R LM WR.
Bob Michaels
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Guaro, Cuba - Vera, a Santeria Babalú or holy person, sacrificing a goat at the ceremony honoring San Lazaro, a Orisha or saint. Santeria is a very practical religion. The head, hide, and feet are offered up on the altar while the goat meat is cooked and eaten in honor of San Lazaro. The ceremony began at midnight and lasted past noon the following day.
Out to Lunch
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Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Black Lady Pagoda on top of the Black Lady Mountain or 'Nui Ba Den' near Tay Ninh, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. December 2009 - Canon 5dmkii - L2.8/24-70
kshapero
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kshapero
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kshapero
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harlequin
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Medina, Saudi Arabia
Medina, Saudi Arabia
Out to Lunch
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Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Cao Dai worshipers during mass in the Cao Dai Holy See in Tay Ninh, Vietnam.
December 2009. Canon 5dmkii - L2.8/24-70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caodaism
Henry
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Japan, M240, 40mm Minolta M-Rokkor
Canyongazer
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My take away from this thread is that all religions seem goofy - except to the adherents of each.
narsuitus
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airfrogusmc
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Arguing about it
kshapero
South Florida Man
Being a member of one of them, I have to agree.
kshapero
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Japan, M240, 40mm Minolta M-Rokkor
Very intriguing, but what is it?
yossi
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Parade of the Generals
Parade of the Generals
"Parade of the Generals from Hell", @Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ricoh GR-1v, Kodak Protra 400.
Parade of the Generals
"Parade of the Generals from Hell", @Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ricoh GR-1v, Kodak Protra 400.
Henry
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Sadly I couldn’t tell you, I honestly don’t know anything about what what this shrine was all about. I’m about 80% sure it was shinto, but I don’t know anything about Shinto.
I am fairly certain it was taken at: akasaka oji inari shrine in Tokyo.
Henry
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Another piece of religion that is entirely mystifying to me. From Tainan, Taiwan. This tree and it’s dangling tags is associated with a temple, but what it means or how it might be used is lost to me.
What I did love about it, without understanding the meaning, is these women who were visiting the temple and took a break under it. Something about that seemed right to me, though who knows?