Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
MS man in shallow water, using long ore to steady himself as he pushes boat. Several MS/MCU young Indian men and boys, shirtless wearing orange loincloths, partaking in Hindu worship / pilgrimage, they lie in the street on backs or stomachs and stretch their arms over their heads w/ rock in hand. MCU Local boys & men looking at camera.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
MS man praying in water of the Ganges River as people on ghat wash clothing around him. High angle LS boats on the water. LS shoreline clogged w/ buildings & boats. Traveling shots along shoreline as men, women & children wash their clothing in shallow river water. Elevated LS river w/ floating bridge. GV sloping river bank cluttered w/ people GV pan river bank busy w/activity, bathing & washing.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
GV street scene w/ man in FG holding a sun parasol / umbrella. GV street scene showing bus & pedestrian traffic, cow seen in FG. MS people in the street standing around man laying on his back (penitent or pilgrim), a cow walks into frame. MCU cow in the street. MSs men & women bathing in river. MCUs Hindu holy man or sadhu (Shaivite), showing back the front & back of his long matted hair & beard. GV sewage flowing out of tunnel. GV pan facade of elaborate Hindu Temple. LS riverbank cluttered with sun umbrellas. GV sewage flowing out of tunnel.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
LSs people, boats & temples on the River Ganges. GV ghat & people swimming / bathing in river. GV body of deceased being pulled out of river. Various CU/MS funeral pyre. MS people bathing in the river.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
MSs facades & domes of Mosque. High angle LS densely populated city. LS mosque. GV street scene in Arab community (Islam, Islamic, Muslim), late 1940s era vehicles drive past Arabic signs, man in FG wears a fez cap. TLS pedestrian activity with men wearing a wide range of Arab & Western headwear & clothing.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
GVs ghats of the Ganges River cluttered with sun umbrellas and people bathing & washing.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
MS women washing clothing in the street, their ethnicity looks more Southeast Asian than Indian, they wear simple patterned cloth tied at the top (sarong of sorts), late 1940s/early1950s era vehicles & rickshaws pass by in BG.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
GVs men carrying body of deceased wrapped in orange on stretcher through the street. Tracking shots from boat showing ghats, temples, boats, people and sun umbrellas cluttering the banks of the Ganges River.
Indian Culture - Hindu Ritual
MS funeral pyre burring, man stoking the fire before the cremation. MS men around body of deceased man being prepared for funeral traditions on the bank of the Ganges River. MS man tending funeral pyre. MCU faces of Indian men & boys. MS man standing next to funerary stretcher were deceased lies. MCUs funeral pyre burning. MS man reading prayer book on river bank. MCU pan faces of Indian men. MS body of deceased man laying on funeral pyre, he is anointed with oil as fire wood is placed on top of him. MS lighting of the funeral pyre. MSs funeral pyre burning. GVs banks of the Ganges River cluttered w/ sun umbrellas & people bathing.