Solstice

AndMan

Went out this morning to shoot the solstice sunrise.
The sunrise itself was disappointing but did manage to catch the buddhist temple greeting the sunrise, there were some visiting monks this time as it was the Pagoda's anniversary on Sunday.
C&C always appreciated.

#1 At the Pagoda


#2 Time for a short break and some instruction


#3 And a photo op


#4 Then back to the temple via the healing circle. "What the ...?"


#5 "Who are they?"


#6 That would be the local pagans greeting the solstice


#7


#8 Sharks & Jets


Thanks for looking

Sventekoz

What a great series! Thanks for that!

Homer

haha, that's interesting. Great photos.

Art Scott

Really great series......i could not find one sunrise ceremony anywhere.....
we have ~5 Buddhist temples (none have a Pagoda tho) and well
i can't say how many pagan groups......so I ceremonied (think I may
have just coined a new word not sure) alone and did not photo the
non interesting sunrise.....it was very blah here .........

Thanx for a great series................

AndMan

Sventekoz wrote: »

What a great series! Thanks for that!

Thanks for commenting.

AndMan

Homer wrote: »

haha, that's interesting. Great photos.

Thanks Homer

AndMan

Art Scott wrote: »

Really great series......i could not find one sunrise ceremony anywhere.....
we have ~5 Buddhist temples (none have a Pagoda tho) and well
i can't say how many pagan groups......so I ceremonied (think I may
have just coined a new word not sure) alone and did not photo the
non interesting sunrise.....it was very blah here .........

Thanx for a great series................

Thanks Art, I loved the look on the monks faces' when they saw the pagans - priceless.
The Peace Pagoda here was the first in the western hemisphere and just celebrated its 30 anniversary.

Richard

Sharks and Jets...

rainbow

Fun storytelling set with a superb ending! They had such serene looks on their faces until #4. Love #8 as I assume the "Pagans" are adopting the monks culture of bowing to return the respect being shown to them.

AndMan

Richard wrote: »

Sharks and Jets...

All very polite & peaceful as you would expect but I did half expect them to start singing and was hearing the Jet Song running through my head the whole time.

AndMan

rainbow wrote: »

Fun storytelling set with a superb ending! They had such serene looks on their faces until #4. Love #8 as I assume the "Pagans" are adopting the monks culture of bowing to return the respect being shown to them.

Yes the pagans bowed them round the stone circle before returning to their own celebration. The monks go from the temple one way & back another so they couldn't see the pagans until #4. This is one of the very few times I've seen the monks register anything other than their trademark serenity.