Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting Jayanand. Religions are more alike than different I imagine (I certainly am no theologist!) Glad this is done for all children in your ceremony. Apparently this is only for males in this ceremony which I find disturbing as it perpetuates a male dominated culture... IMO of course! Thanks for looking, Bob Sent from my iPad On Aug 13, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > We have a similar ceremony where all children and shaved, but usually > at designated temples. The most famous shrine is the one at Tirupathi > (which is where my family goes) - which is the busiest and one of the > wealthiest holy places in the world - as a corollary, the temple trust > is the largest exporter of natural hair in India! > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirumala_Venkateswara_Temple > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >> Def: (Yiddish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish>: ??????, lit. "shear >> off") is a Jewish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism> haircutting >> ceremony <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_haircut> It is held when a >> Jewish boy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy> is three years old. >> >> Before: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/_DSF1257-Edit.jpg.html >> >> During: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/_DSF1349-Edit.jpg.html >> >> Didn't stay around for the "after". First, and most likely, the last such >> ceremony I've ever attended. >> C&C always welcome, >> Bob >> >> -- >> Bob Adler >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information