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Parbati's tika


Parbati's tika
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Copyright: gloria williams (touristdidi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 881 W: 0 N: 1323] (6469)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-10
Camera: Pentax film
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-07-13 7:50
Viewed: 529
Points: 9
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Parbati gets a tika for Dasain. Every year, according to the astronomy charts, the biggest festival in Nepal is celebrated in Nov. or Oct. Every neighbor, freind and relative will put a huge Tika on your forehead. It is made of cream, rice, and ochre (colored powder). Sprigs of rice plants and fresh flowers are then added to your hair. Visitors are always offered fresh buffalo milk, or a homemade alchoholic drink of chang or rochsi. If possible, also a taste of buffalo meat or other snack. I just love this festival!!!! (Unfortunetally my tikas just slide right off my sweaty head, turning my face red on their way down).
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Bonjour,
Sympathique et belle ambiance.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Saludos Gloria


que gran cultura el poder conocer esto por tu pagina hemosa foto

Nat

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  • Niva Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1153 W: 2 N: 842] (10531)
  • [2007-07-13 7:58]

Hi Gloria!
A nice flagrante and a good information!
You have done a good capture and the photo shows the details, too!
TFS!
Um abraço, from Recife,
Nivaldo

Hi Gloria, another beautiful capture of events and ceremonies we in the "West" never get to see or learn about. What I find captivating about this photo is the direct gaze and innocent smile of the boy near the top, in the center. While you have captured so much going on in the photo, the woman applying tika to Parbati's forehead you also have, to contrast, the innocent and curious looks of the children behind the women. That said, great point of view and angle, and I like the sense of symmetry and balance here. I am wondering though if perhaps you could have left in a little more room at the left edge so that the composition is more whole and unified. I am going to do a workshop on this photo to improve some of the tonalities and perhaps the detail. I hope you will like it!
-Lara

I like the serious and happy faces of the people from Nepal
Colourful festivals of hope
TFS
Ruud

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