Last posts on lalbaug2024-03-28T16:19:52+01:00All Rights Reserved blogSpirithttps://www.hautetfort.com/https://www.hautetfort.com/explore/posts/tag/lalbaug/atom.xmlIndianSamouraihttp://www.indiansamourai.com/about.htmlComment fêter dignement un anniversaire?? En se grimpant les uns sur les autres!tag:www.indiansamourai.com,2011-08-27:37540362011-08-27T08:00:00+02:002011-08-27T08:00:00+02:00 Lundi dernier, c’était Janmashtami, l’anniversaire de Krishna – un...
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lundi dernier, c’était <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Janmashtami,</span> l’anniversaire de Krishna – un des avatars de Vishnou. Dieu dont j’avais commencé à faire connaissance à Majuli (voir <a href="http://www.indiansamourai.com/archive/2011/04/30/l-ile-de-majuli-part-2.html">http://www.indiansamourai.com/archive/2011/04/30/l-ile-de-majuli-part-2.html</a>).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On m’a dit que dans le “Maharashtra, les gens reproduisent les bêtises de Krishna qui essaye de voler le beurre et le yaourt dans des pots en terre qui sont hors de sa portée. Un pot en terre est donc suspendu en l’air, très haut, et des groupes de jeunes [également appelés Govindas], forment des pyramides humaines pour attraper le pot et le casser. »*</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I was told that in “Maharashtra, people enact the god’s childhood attempts to steal butter and curd </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Evidemment, je ne pouvais pas rater ça…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mon pote ne se sentait pas trop de trimbaler une blanche au milieu d’une foule d’Indiens et j’ai reçu la stricte instruction de m’habiller des pieds à la tête. Mais j’y suis allée !!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nous sommes allés à Lalbaug, à Parel, apparemment un des meilleurs endroits pour voir les pyramides. Là-bas, un grand terrain, une scène, trois pots suspendus et beaucoup de pyramides qui se forment et se déforment (beaucoup plus vite). Tous s’efforcent de casser les pots et gagner un prix pour ça (jusqu’à 90 000 Rs – 1 200€)!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Il s’est mis à pleuvoir mais l’enthousiasme ne fut en rien douche!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Je n’ai pas tout compris à savoir quand est-ce qu’ils décident de casser le pot – par exemple certaines pyramides allaient plus haut que le pot mais ne le touchait pas. Ptêt qu’ils faisaient juste un peu d’exercice ?? Mais bon, j’ai quand même vu un pot se casser…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Une autre tradition – qui aurait pu avoir des consequences désastreuses pour mon appareil photo récemment sauvé des eaux – c’est les enfants qui balancent des bombes à eau.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><table style="width: 194px;"><tbody><tr><td style="background: url('https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif') no-repeat left 50%; height: 194px;" align="middle"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/113722806080137265434/GovindaFestivalMumbaiAout2011?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite"><img style="margin: 1px 0px 0px 4px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zN1ZYzO8oKM/TlfJEfV4ihE/AAAAAAAABDg/CPkAJK7jHEw/s160-c/GovindaFestivalMumbaiAout2011.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><a style="color: #4d4d4d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="https://picasaweb.google.com/113722806080137265434/GovindaFestivalMumbaiAout2011?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite">Govinda festival, Mumbai - Août 2011</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">*”Krishna est connu pour avoir été un enfant très coquina, volant du yaourt et du beurre et en jouant des tours à ses “nourrices” les <em>gopis</em>.”</span></span></p>
IndianSamouraihttp://www.indiandacoit.com/about.htmlHow to celebrate a birthday properly?? Climbing on each other...tag:www.indiandacoit.com,2011-08-27:37540532011-08-27T07:52:00+02:002011-08-27T07:52:00+02:00 Last Monday was celebrated Janmashtami, Krishna’s birthday – Krishna being...
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Last Monday was celebrated Janmashtami, Krishna’s birthday – Krishna being an avatar of Vishnu. I had a glimpse of this God in Majuli (see <a href="http://www.indiandacoit.com/archive/2011/05/02/majuli-island-part-2.html">http://www.indiandacoit.com/archive/2011/05/02/majuli-island-part-2.html</a>).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I was told that in “Maharashtra, people enact the god’s childhood attempts to steal butter and curd from earthen pots beyond his reach. A similar pot is suspended high above the ground and groups of young people [also called Govindas] form human pyramids to try and reach the pot and break it.”*</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So obviously I had to see that…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My friend was not so comfortable bringing a white girl into Indian crowds and I was told to dress from head to toes. But I got to see it!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We went to Lalbaug, in Parel, one of the best spots apparently. There, on a big ground, with a stage in the back, were three pots hanging and many pyramids coming up and down. All trying to break the pots and get a prize for it (up to 90,000 Rs – 1,200€)!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It started raining but the enthusiasm was not showered away!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I could not really understand how they break the pot because some teams could sometimes have done it but did not. Maybe they were just training? But I did see a pot getting broken!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Another interesting tradition – which could have proven very dramatic for my camera recently saved from waters – is kids sending water bombs. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><table style="width: 194px;"><tbody><tr><td style="background: url('https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif') no-repeat left 50%; height: 194px;" align="middle"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/113722806080137265434/GovindaFestivalMumbaiAout2011?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite"><img style="margin: 1px 0px 0px 4px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zN1ZYzO8oKM/TlfJEfV4ihE/AAAAAAAABDg/CPkAJK7jHEw/s160-c/GovindaFestivalMumbaiAout2011.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><a style="color: #4d4d4d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="https://picasaweb.google.com/113722806080137265434/GovindaFestivalMumbaiAout2011?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite">Govinda festival, Mumbai - Août 2011</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">*”Krishna made cowherdesses happy by the bliss of his cosmic dances and the soulful music of his flute. He stayed in Gokul, the legendary 'cow-village' in Northern India for 3 years and 4 months. As a child he was reputed to be very mischievous, stealing curd and butter and playing pranks with his girl friends or <em>gopis</em>.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 8pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;">Source: </span><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 8pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/janmashthami.htm"><span style="color: #4a442a; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64; mso-ansi-language: FR;" lang="FR">http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/janmashthami.htm</span></a></span></span></p>