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Solmaz Pahlavanzadeh
{K:5141} 1/5/2009
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I truly appreciate for your explanation about this culture.
Thanks for picture too.My God! It is awesome.
Best regards,
Solmaz
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Shyamal Biswas
{K:5136} 1/4/2009
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here is another photo of Gagan ,Solmaz
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Shyamal Biswas
{K:5136} 1/4/2009
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here is another photo of Gagan ,Solmaz
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Shyamal Biswas
{K:5136} 1/4/2009
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I am very happy to know that you are very interested about the culture. trying to explain something for you. Solmaz.
One of the popular festival of bengal is Shiver Gajan or addiction of lord Shiva. Shiva is a pagan god of mysticism from non-Aryan time. He is five thousand year old phallus God for the pagans. In him they pray the fertility of the society. People who follow such cult are generally called Shaibite and section of them that performs black magic is called Tantrik. Their mystic ritual is called Tantra. They want to prove their extra-ordinary power obtained from the practice of Tantra which very often leads to their death.
One such deadly practice is ‘charka’ (circle) during Gajan. Before the eyes of thousands of devotees, back of one of the Tantrik will be pierced by a ‘Barshi’ ( a semi-circular sharp nail of steel) and will be locked with his vertebrate. It is as horrible as if we have caught a human fish by Barshi! Then he will be suspended through rope of cloths from a tall column like a circular pendulum. Before the cheering crowd, he will be set to swing in the air, hanging like a pendulum.
To common people, it looks like an inhumanely painful process as they see that muscle from vertebrate gradually tear apart after few rotations. However the devotee does not feel pain because typically he is highly drugged with ‘Ganja’ for three months. Also he lives on special diet for an year so that he becomes the man of skeleton and bones.
Many tantriks die later while trying to be popular with such efforts to prove their inhuman ‘Godly’ power.
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Solmaz Pahlavanzadeh
{K:5141} 1/4/2009
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Interesting capture. Would you please explain more about it?
Best,
Solmaz
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Ken Phenicie Jr.
{K:6273} 1/4/2009
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Wonderful capture of this interesting gathering, nicely done.
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Teresa Ferraris
{K:16126} 1/3/2009
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Beautiful, impressive composition. Compliments.
regards
tereesa
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k o c (saatci)
{K:8257} 1/3/2009
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Interesting photograph for me! All the best, Koc!!!
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Luigi Andena
{K:3580} 1/3/2009
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Interesting daily perspective of life well done
Luigi
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Anyla Syla
{K:1058} 1/3/2009
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wowww Interesting shot
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Nicole Besch
{K:72664} 1/3/2009
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Great street shot with amazing light and a good composition!
Very interesting as well!!
Best to you,
Nicole
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Tom Nguyen
{K:1924} 1/3/2009
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Interesting shot!
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 1/3/2009
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The development of Indian civilization is a subject of
absorbing interest, and historians are now beginning to pay
attention to it. This interest is not merely topical," arising out
of the clashes of our present-day life in India. The subject has
a wider import and deeper philosophical significent,be well Dada
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Aungsita Chatterjee
{K:19843} 1/3/2009
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wow khub valo tulechoto. darun subject ar compositiontao khub valo hoeche.
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