Vietnam - Deep in her prayers in Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)
I should start another set devoted to religion as this is 3rd time I'm using similar title for a photo, here is one from Oman and one from Nepal.
Religious use of incense has its origins in antiquity. The burned incense may be intended as a sacrificial offering to various deity or to serve as an aid in prayer. In Chinese Taoist and Buddhist temples, the inner spaces are scented with thick coiled incense, which are either hung from the ceiling or on special stands. Worshipers at the temples light and burn sticks of incense in small or large bundles, which they wave or raise above the head while bowing to the statues or plaques of a deity or an ancestor. Individual sticks of incense are then vertically placed into individual censers located in front of the statues or plaques either singularly or in threes, depending on the status of the deity or the feelings of the individual.
PENTAX K20D, f/6.7, 0.006 sec (1/180), ISO 200, 142.5 mm
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I should start another set devoted to religion as this is 3rd time I'm using similar title for a photo, here is one from Oman and one from Nepal.
Religious use of incense has its origins in antiquity. The burned incense may be intended as a sacrificial offering to various deity or to serve as an aid in prayer. In Chinese Taoist and Buddhist temples, the inner spaces are scented with thick coiled incense, which are either hung from the ceiling or on special stands. Worshipers at the temples light and burn sticks of incense in small or large bundles, which they wave or raise above the head while bowing to the statues or plaques of a deity or an ancestor. Individual sticks of incense are then vertically placed into individual censers located in front of the statues or plaques either singularly or in threes, depending on the status of the deity or the feelings of the individual.
PENTAX K20D, f/6.7, 0.006 sec (1/180), ISO 200, 142.5 mm
More on http://www.luciedebelkova.com
one from Oman and one from Nepal.
Religious use of incense has its origins in antiquity. The burned incense may be intended as a sacrificial offering to various deity or to serve as an aid in prayer. In Chinese Taoist and Buddhist temples, the inner spaces are scented with thick coiled incense, which are either hung from the ceiling or on special stands. Worshipers at the temples light and burn sticks of incense in small or large bundles, which they wave or raise above the head while bowing to the statues or plaques of a deity or an ancestor. Individual sticks of incense are then vertically placed into individual censers located in front of the statues or plaques either singularly or in threes, depending on the status of the deity or the feelings of the individual.
PENTAX K20D, f/6.7, 0.006 sec (1/180), ISO 200, 142.5 mm
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Vietnam - Deep in her prayers in Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)
I should start another set devoted to religion as this is 3rd time I'm using similar title for a photo, here is one from Oman and one from Nepal.
Religious use of incense has its origins in antiquity. The burned incense may be intended as a sacrificial offering to various deity or to serve as an aid in prayer. In Chinese Taoist and Buddhist temples, the inner spaces are scented with thick coiled incense, which are either hung from the ceiling or on special stands. Worshipers at the temples light and burn sticks of incense in small or large bundles, which they wave or raise above the head while bowing to the statues or plaques of a deity or an ancestor. Individual sticks of incense are then vertically placed into individual censers located in front of the statues or plaques either singularly or in threes, depending on the status of the deity or the feelings of the individual.
PENTAX K20D, f/6.7, 0.006 sec (1/180), ISO 200, 142.5 mm
More on http://www.luciedebelkova.com
I should start another set devoted to religion as this is 3rd time I'm using similar title for a photo, here is one from Oman and one from Nepal.
Religious use of incense has its origins in antiquity. The burned incense may be intended as a sacrificial offering to various deity or to serve as an aid in prayer. In Chinese Taoist and Buddhist temples, the inner spaces are scented with thick coiled incense, which are either hung from the ceiling or on special stands. Worshipers at the temples light and burn sticks of incense in small or large bundles, which they wave or raise above the head while bowing to the statues or plaques of a deity or an ancestor. Individual sticks of incense are then vertically placed into individual censers located in front of the statues or plaques either singularly or in threes, depending on the status of the deity or the feelings of the individual.
PENTAX K20D, f/6.7, 0.006 sec (1/180), ISO 200, 142.5 mm
More on http://www.luciedebelkova.com
See photo in original gallery.
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