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Cao Dai Interior: Visitor's Gallery
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This is the last of the series I have for the Great Cao Dai Temple, and it shows a detail of the columns and the catwalk/visitor's gallery in the upper right of the photo.
Cao Dai is something of a novelty; it was founded by Ngo Minh Chieu, a French civil servant in the 1920s. He asserted that he began receiving "revelations" in 1919 regarding the disunity of other religions and that he should be responsible for bringing about a synthesis. Thus, he was to combine the teachings of various beliefs, including Buddhism, Taiosm, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and others. There are a number of saints, the most well-known of which include Victor Hugo, Joan of Arc, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Sun Yat-sen, V. I. Lenin, and William Shakespeare. The founder revealed his revelations and practices to the public in 1926 and the Cao Dai religion was born. Perhaps one reason it became so popular was that it became involved in the Vietnamese nationalist movement that sought to expel the French. Cao Dai fighters eventually joined the French afainst the Viet Minh, however, but suffered persecution after the takeover by North Vietnam. The great temple functions as the center of the religion, much like St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. There are numerous other Cao Dai temples in Vietnam, particular in the South. It was constructed between 1933 and 1955, and is located about 60 miles northwest of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) near the small town of Long Than in the Tay Ninh province. The ceremonies are held four times a day; the most popular for visitors is the noon ceremony. |
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hello TE.
good shot the temple!
good POV!
amitiés....aldo.
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