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Buddhist Monks in Japan walk barefoot on smoldering hot ground on March 11 at 04:00 (GMT). The yearly ritual, known as the Fire Walking Festival, is thought to bring safety to worshippers and their family. The Monks sing chants while walking on the smoldering hot fire ground.
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Nikko National Park 日光国立公園 Shinkyo Bridge 神橋 Lake Chuzenji 中禅寺湖 男体山 Ryuzu Falls 竜頭滝 Kegon Falls 華厳滝
Nikko National Park 日光国立公園 Shinkyo Bridge 神橋 sacred bridge Kanmangafuchi Abyss 憾満ヶ淵周辺 Lake Chuzenji 中禅寺湖 Chuzenjiko Mount Nantai 男体山 man´s body mountain Ryuzu Falls 竜頭ノ滝 Ryuzu no taki dragon head waterfall Kegon Falls 華厳滝 Kegon no taki by Kari Gröhn karigrohncom
Shinkyo Bridge 神橋 sacred bridge
The simple elegance of the bridge contrasts with the misty and untamed Daiya River and the evergreen hills. The bridge was originally built for the exclusive use of the Shogun and his emissaries.
Kanmangafuchi Abyss 憾満ヶ淵周辺
The Kanmangafuchi Abyss (one kilometre upstream from the Shinkyo Bridge) is a gorge formed 20,000 years ago from an eruption from Mount Nantai along the Daiya River. The name of
Kanman is the last phrase of a Shingon Buddhist incantation in Sanskrit.
On the river bank there are rows of Buddhist stone statues of the Jizo. Legend says that the statues change places from time to time, and a visitor will never see them in the same order twice. Jizo is the guardian deity of the deceased children and travellers. It’s very common to see Jizo statues especially along roadsides. Jizo is the guardian deity of the deceased children and travellers. According to legend children who die prematurely are sent to the underworld where they pray for Buddha's compassion by piling small stone towers. A devout believer can shorten the time an unborn child suffers in the underworld by offering stones on the base of Jizo statues and by dressing the statues.
Mount Nantai 男体山 man´s body mountain
Lake Chuzenji 中禅寺湖 Chuzenjiko
Lake Chuzenji was created after the eruption of a volcano when the magma blocked the stream from Mt Nantai (2,486m). The lakes´s elevation is 1,269m. In old times women were not allowed to go inside the Chuzenji area.
Ryuzu Falls 竜頭ノ滝 Ryuzu no taki dragon head waterfall 210m long and 60m tall
Kegon Falls 華厳滝 Kegon no taki
Chusenji drains through the Kegon Falls. The impressive Ryuzu Falls 60m is located on the opposite side of Kegon Falls 97m across the lake.
Trailer CCM Martial Arts of Shaolin
It's taken the West a long time to discover Jet Li, but his extraordinary martial arts skill and on-screen charm has been no secret to Asian moviegoers and kung-fu fans. Long before LETHAL WEAPON IV and ROMEO MUST DIE, Jet teamed up with legendary martial arts director Liu Chia-liang for MARTIAL ARTS OF SHAOLIN, one of the top hits of 1986. As the title implies, the picture takes place at the famed Shaolin Monastery, the birthplace of a variety of kung-fu at which Jet Li is particularly adept. The on-location photography makes good use of such landmarks as the Great Wall and, of course, the Shaolin Monastery. Set in the days of imperial China, the classic tale of good versus evil gives young Jet ample opportunity to display the prowess that won him several Chinese national martial arts championships.
Erotic Sculptures 4/ - Thorvaldsens Museum & Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
As seen through the lenses of my old HP Pocket Cam, Old iPhone, Old iPad Mini, Old Canon Cam
Erotic Sculptures 4/
Thorvaldsen Museum & Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, both in Copenhagen, 2012 - 2016
A Few years ago, Inspired by a discussion with a dear friend of mine who, in her teasing way, asked me about the difference between Erotic Art and Porno, I remembered an Art Expert who postulated that Porno gives a man an erection, Erotic Art has nothing to do with sex and is more pleasurable to watch! I don't remember his name, but after a few reflections, I had to question his diktat.
When Pygmalion, in the Myth, fell in love with his created sculpture, and was helped by Aphrodite/Venus to give her life so he could copulate with it ,his sculpture, in my opinion I could not but translate this Myth into realistic pornographic terms, i.e. he could pleasure himself in front of such an Artistic beauty!
Moreover DNA studdies have revealed different traces of human semen, sweat and saliva on many of the antiques sculptures of Aphrodite/Venus and on other beautiful sculptures.
Even the Catholic Church could not but imitate old Egyptian Isis/Hathor erotic depictions, Babylonian Astarte/Ishtar/Ashtarote as well as other Hindu/vedic myths, to present Eve, Esther, Mary as well as many other females as nacked as decency could allow, both in illuminated Bibles, as well as sculptures within the Church premices themselves. Popes & Cardinals are known to be the most avid collectors & eager clients of such beautiful sculptures.
Wet look, see through garments, light dressed body againt the wind, S-shaped/contra-punct body stance, nochalantly fallen shirt over a breast, half open mouth, eyes avoiding the viewer, erotes, plants, birds, animals and other symbols, are but a few of the techniques used by the artists to ignite your imagination, attract your gaze and reveal the shape of the female figure, and for totally naked sculptures, using a FAUX modest stance, decently near-hiding what you are expected to look at, breasts and groin!
This is the fourth of a series that has been on the way for many years now, and I am happy to share some, in fact very few, of the pics I have had the time to take during my many visits to Thorvaldsens Museum, Ny Carlsberg Gylyptotek in Copenhagen, and a few other places.
The whole series is dedicated to my beautiful friend's inspiring smiles and sculpturally enflaming well shaped figure: To You, Immy, my Immy!