Bill Allsopp Posted November 15, 2012 Share #1  Posted November 15, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Taken on Leicester's "Golden Mile" yesterday  The shopkeeper wondered what I was up to but a wave brought a smile, everyone was very good natured.  M9 iso 160; 35mm Summarit; 1/45 @ f2.5  [ATTACH]346639[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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moikle Posted November 15, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted November 15, 2012 Had the good fortune to be in Mumbai for Dewali last year an excellent experience. Â Nice capture. Â Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share #3  Posted November 15, 2012 Had the good fortune to be in Mumbai for Dewali last year an excellent experience. I bet that was great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted November 15, 2012 Share #4 Â Posted November 15, 2012 Bill, Â A bright festive picture. I am wondering about the symbols within the "Happy Diwali" sign that resemble the German Swastika. Â Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share #5  Posted November 15, 2012 Bill, A bright festive picture. I am wondering about the symbols within the "Happy Diwali" sign that resemble the German Swastika.  Paul Other way round Paul - ex Wikipedia  The earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of present day Pakistan/Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity. Swastikas have also been used in various other ancient civilizations around the world. It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, primarily as a tantric symbol to evoke shakti or the sacred symbol of auspiciousness. The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. The swastika literally means "to be good". Or another translation can be made: "swa" is "higher self", "asti" meaning "being", and "ka" as a suffix, so the translation can be interpreted as "being with higher self". In East Asia, the swastika is a Chinese character, defined by Kangxi Dictionary, published in 1716, as "synonym of myriad, used mostly in Buddhist classic texts",[1] by extension, the word later evolved to represent eternity and Buddhism. The symbol has a long history in Europe reaching back to antiquity. In modern times, following a brief surge of popularity as a good luck symbol in Western culture, a swastika was adopted as a symbol of the Nazi Party of Germany in 1920, who used the swastika as a symbol of the Aryan race. After Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, a right-facing and rotated swastika was incorporated into the Nazi party flag, which was made the state flag of Germany during Nazism. Hence, the swastika has become strongly associated with Nazism and related ideologies such as fascism and white supremacism in the Western world, and is now largely stigmatized there due to the changed connotations of the symbol. Notably, it has been outlawed in Germany and other countries if used as a symbol of Nazism. Many modern political extremists and Neo-Nazi groups such as the Russian National Unity use stylized swastikas or similar symbols. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moikle Posted November 16, 2012 Share #6 Â Posted November 16, 2012 What we were told during our visit to India is that it is seen as a symbol of good luck! Â Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sellitto Posted November 16, 2012 Share #7 Â Posted November 16, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Bill, Â A wonderful color image. A complex and intriguing palette ....very well composed. Â Frank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janlu Posted November 16, 2012 Share #8 Â Posted November 16, 2012 A very beautiful composition.... both all the colors and lines ,together, work great here !! Â Regards, Gianluca Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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