Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Children Tree
From: gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:46:07 +0000
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I love the image and the explanation Marc. I maybe would have liked to see 
the right hand trunk a little clearer, but that may unbalance the whole feel 
of the image.

Gerry

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On 18 Mar 2014, at 07:51, Marc Dufour <foto at marcdufour.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/pluelrz
> This picture deserves an explanation. The trunk on the right side belongs 
> to the "children tree". 
> When a baby is born dead or a child dies in the early days, people make a 
> hole in the trunk of a large tree, where it is placed the
> small corpse. 
> With the growth of the tree, the child finally will reach heaven, as if 
> had lived a full life.
> 
> C&C welcome.
> Regards,
> Marc
> 
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