Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Thaipusam: A Ritual Human Art

According to Wikipedia, the festival commemorates both the birthday of Murugan (alsoSubramaniam), the youngest son of god Shiva and his wifeParvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel(spear) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. To me, it is a form of ritual art which is to test the human spirit to carry kavadi (such as below) to re-pay the idol god for averting great calamity in their lives.






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