meanwhile on the other side.. Photo

Photographer’s Note

And what is Shiav's golden bull (yesterday's posting) looking at? At this part of the Bagmati riverbench. This is in front of the 'dying house'. You can see that one person is already dead (with the yellow/orange cloth) and one person is dying. To die with your feet in the holy river is the best way to die. It helps you skip fases int he proces of reincarnation. Only 15 minutes after I took this photo, I heard loud cries of a woman; the man had passed away.

Sorry for the poorer quality; cropped a bit.

eleparc, Midnight_sun, ChrisJ, nwoehnl, avigur_11, Rinie_Hoff, Georges, robbertjan, CoolDan, Jeppe, greg has marked this note useful

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clodreno (0) 2004-04-24 4:05

Very nice documentary shot Femke.. this is well in TE spirit. I'll pass on the scanning quality. In that case, not important.Your note is also very informative..Great.

eleparc (24059) 2004-04-24 4:06

this note is striking IMO;-) thanks for sharing . Yhe documentary aspect more than offset the technical flaws of the shot; thanks for sharing! I did not know the existence of such dying houses or places...

Midnight_sun (1939) 2004-04-24 4:07

Thats an amazing scene, live and death are both so open in India, and this scene captures this very well. A great insight into india, well done.

Ebbe (9571) 2004-04-24 4:29

A lot of interesting cultural facts and a fine diagonal layout. I also like how the people are sorted in different groups. Small groups of relatives close to the dead or dying, the maniny red group on the waterline and on top this strange group of what seems to be just spectators.

ChrisJ (70443) 2004-04-24 4:36

Good photo documentary shot from the bridge. Even though this is in Nepal (Kathmandu), I can see how easy it would be to mistake it for India. It is a Hindu ritual, in contrast to the usual Buddhist images of Nepal.

nwoehnl (120) 2004-04-24 12:46

A stunning documentary in picture and note, Femke. I am really in awe of what I am seeing and learning here. Your shot and the wide angle you took it from are a perfect vehicle to relate the details of this ritual. Great work.

avigur_11 (21307) 2004-04-24 16:19

Don't worry about the quality, it is not really important in this case. But it is a very importent photographed document, very interesting and special. You had a very interesting trip, Femke.

Rinie_Hoff (9334) 2004-04-24 17:19

Hi Femke, very good documentary shot. I think it's impressive to see a thing like this, and be witness of the grieve that people have. Besides, it's so different from what we know here! Thanks for sharing.

Georges (11185) 2004-04-25 16:05

J'ai vu une image similaire ou je disait que le flou accentuait la vie et la je dit de meme car tout a été stoppé net et l'on attend a ce que tout repparte bravo et merci de nous faire partager un moment de cette vie Femke.Bonne note.

robbertjan (2906) 2004-04-26 10:21

Hi Femke, je Nepal reeks wordt steeds mooier. Deze is ook erg mooi en vertelt hoe het dagelijks leven er in Nepal uit ziet. Erg bizar, dat wel. Mooie kleuren en vergeet die slechte kwaliteit. Dit is gewoon een perfecte foto!

Motrem (2392) 2004-04-27 11:35

You came back from this journey of dream with magnificent photos. This one drew my attention, it is so different as customs. I find well saturated colours and your composition pleases me.
Vous êtes revenue de ce voyage de rêve avec des photos magnifiques. Celle-ci a attiré mon attention, c'est tellement différent comme coutumes. Je trouve les couleurs bien saturées et votre composition me plaît.

scalerman (25787) 2004-04-27 14:21

Powerful image - the most so that I've seen in a long time on TE. Notes are excellent too.

maciekda (19599) 2004-04-29 11:25

what a story, excellent. I wish the quality of the picture was a bit better - now it is not sharp enough. but compo is ok with those stairs as the diagonal line.
and this is a good TE stuff, I learned a lot looking at this picture and reading your note, thanks!

CoolDan (2490) 2004-04-29 20:40

C'est un grand moment que vous avez saisi. Merci pour la note. Nice shot Femke.

Jeppe (18623) 2004-04-30 16:07

Amazing documentary of a "daily life" situation - this scenery very far from my world. You did a great job Taking this photo and sharing it with us. Thanks for the note as well, Femke.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-05-01 11:22

extraordinary picture here, well presented to us and it is very informative too, the note I mean.

Thanks for sharing

Martine (0) 2004-07-23 10:18

It's a very good documentary photograph. You were really privileged to be able to carry it out ; the note is also interesting.
(Vous avez été vraiment favorisé pour pouvoir prendre cette photo). Thanks

flydragon (0) 2004-08-28 3:50

Hello Femke

does not mater the quality sometime
your picture is stong like a documentary
your not is really interresting
thx for sharing this
i guess it should be difficult to take this
picture, not sure i can

congratulation
Simon

sorry points tomorrow