14/04
And here we are: take the most surreal situation you can ever imagine, the heat of a summer day in the most humid and hot part of the world, the excuse of the new year to wash away all the bad things of the past, thousands of tons of water, all the children, adults, and graybeards of at least
four countries poured in the streets to water fight each other, and you will have the song kran.A 5 days water battle, for the sake of which shops close and people get crazily happy, is something you don't see everywhere... but at least once a year in this amazing continent of south east Asia.
Chang Mai during these days turned into a great laud fest, and sure enough we didn't miss the call.
The more malicious use ice cold water, the more kind use water scented with flowers, the more ugly use the water of the river, and the worsts one the water
of the canal, but everybody, everybody has great fun!During the last day a parade with the monks from all the temples in the city and the surrounding area sneaks through the streets with people dancing and carrying images of budda or standards of their clan.
The water is not only for fun and celebration, and chilling in the hot summer is not the only reason: is more like a general blessing delivered each others, a great message of peace and friendship shared by all the people that wash one from the other the bad things of the past year: a lustral soul purification that anyone can give to anyone.
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"The water is not only for fun and celebration, and chilling in the hot summer is not the only reason: is more like a general blessing delivered each others, a great message of peace and friendship shared by all the people that wash one from the other the bad things of the past year: a lustral soul purification that anyone can give to anyone."
Verissimo,questa è la sostanza del rito antichissimo che si lega anche al rito del battesimo con immersione completa di tutto il corpo nell'acqua per alcuni istanti-Questo rito non è una prerogativa estremo orientale ma si effettuava anche centri dei Misteri Essenici della Giudea(vedi Giovanni Battista)Questa immersione aveva l'effetto di staccare per alcuni istanti la coscienza dal corpo provocando una "visione" extracorporea che conferiva all'anima dell'iniziando
alcune conoscenze trascendenti e la visione retrospettiva di tutta la vita finora trascorsa.Qualcosa di simile accade tutt'oggi a coloro che rischiano di annegare(come da letteratura medica)
Naturalmente poi l'umanità butta tutto sullo scherzo.
Comunque ti meriti un premio sia come cronista che come operatore fotografico(oggi và di moda!)
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