Hindu Festival - Walking on Men's Shoulders (India)
Hindu Festival - Walking on Men's Shoulders (India)
Download JPG Hindu Festival in a small village in Jharkhand state (India).
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Based on the date (April 11, 2013), this may be Ugadi or Gudi Padwa, a celebration of the New Year's Day according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudi_Padwa
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The Hindu priest of the village walks from a Temple to a nearby pond, over the shoulders of the young men of the village, while a group of older men beat drums with canes.
As soon as the priest has walked on the shoulders of a man, that man runs back to the front of the line and sits on the ground again.
The bare-foot Hindu priest will walk all the way to the pond without touching the ground, and the ceremony will continue near the water.
