Ritual, a photo from Yangon, Sud

Photographer's Note

Sunset hours, people was sitted to pray inside the Shwedagon Paya.

An old image of 10 years ago.

Visitors must remove their shoes before the first step at any of the entrances.
Burmese walk around the stupa clockwise (let ya yit). The day of the week a person is born will determine their planetary post, eight in all as Wednesday is split in two, a.m. and p.m. They are marked by animals that represent the day, galon (garuda) for Sunday (ta nin ganway), tiger for Monday (ta nin la), lion for Tuesday (in ga), tusked elephant for Wednesday a.m.(bouddahu), tuskless elephant for Wednesday p.m. (yahu), mouse for Thursday (kyatha baday), guinea pig for Friday (thaukkya) and naga (mythical dragon/serpent) for Saturday (sanay).
Each planetary post has a Buddha image and devotees offer flowers and prayer flags and pour water on the image with a prayer and a wish.
At the base of the post behind the image is a guardian angel, and underneath the image can be seen the animal representing the day.
The base of the stupa is octagonal and also surrounded by small shrines, eight in number for each day of the week.

*Scanned image*

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AiresSantos (56155) 2008-01-10 1:07

Ciao Paolo,
Nice view of the people praying inside the Shwedagon Paya, in black and white format. I like the POV, how you framed it and PP work
Greetings
Aires

jusninasirun (17529) 2008-01-10 1:13

Hello Pablo,
Solemn scene enhanced with this bw post. Well captured perspective and mood.
Regards,
Jusni

BennyV (34746) 2008-01-10 2:57

Hello Paolo,
As long as pictures are of this quality, it is no problem whatsoever that they are 10 years old! Normally you'd expect pictures of this scene to be in bright shiny golden colours, but here the bl/w works, especially with that 'moody' sky above.
btw: This picture made me dip into your other pictures too and there are some real gems there (especially Vietnam)!
Thanks.
Benny

Silvio1953 (220637) 2008-01-10 13:15

Ciao Paolo, affascinante bianco e nero con splendida luce, bellissima composizione con la gente in preghiera e la grande architettura dello sfondo, bravo, ciao Silvio

Wanda1 (15142) 2008-01-10 20:45

Hi Paolo,
I like the graininess, and the shot is full of great atmosphere. A nice interesting daily life ritual scene.
Regards
Wanda

ChrisJ (171252) 2008-01-12 1:48

Ciao Paolo

Well composed, with an eyecatching forest of stupas on the horizon line. The people adda good human element. A little soft perhaps but the tonal range & contrast is excellent. Tfs!