Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Paper animals - Animali di carta - कागज़ी पशु

Temple offering of paper animals, Hanoi, Vietnam - images by Sunil Deepak, 2010
Temple offering of paper animals, Hanoi, Vietnam - images by Sunil Deepak, 2010
Temple offering of paper animals, Hanoi, Vietnam - images by Sunil Deepak, 2010

Ha'Noi, Vietnam: Offerings of paper animals - dragon, horse and elephant, in a temple. When I saw them, I had asked myself, won't God know that these are not real but only paper animals? Or may be God does not care about the offerings and cares only about the feelings in the hearts of the faithful and the offerings are for the mental satisfaction of those who offer them? Then I thought that such costumes had given opportunities of survival to the art and the artists in the local communities.

हानोई, वियतनामः एक मन्दिर में पूजा के लिए चढ़ाये रंगीन कागज़ के ड्रेगन, घोड़ा व हाथी. उन्हें देख कर मैं सोच रहा था कि क्या भगवान को मालूम नहीं चलेगा कि यह कागज़ के हैं, सचमुच के नहीं? शायद भगवान को क्या चढ़ाया गया इसकी परवाह नहीं, वह भक्त के मन की भावनाओं को देखेगा, और यह चढ़ावा भगवान के लिए नहीं, भक्त की मनोशाँति के लिए है? फ़िर सोचा, इसी तरह की रीति रिवाज़ों से देश में कला और कलाकारों को जीवन मिलता है.

Hanoi, Vietnam: Le offerte degli animali di carta - il drago, il cavallo e l'elefante, in un tempio. Quando li ho visti, mi sono chiesto se il Dio non saprà che queste non sono reali, ma sono soltanto di carta? O forse il Dio non si preoccupa delle offerte, gli interessano i sentimenti dentro i cuori dei fedeli mentre le offerte sono per la soddisfazione mentale di chi li offre? Poi ho pensato che questi costumi hanno dato delle opportunità di sopravvivere all'arte e agli artisti nelle comunità locali.

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2 comments:

  1. अद्भुत दार्शनिक विचार! बहुत बढ़िया तस्वीरें I

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