Parution FRANCE – Les Dieux vivants du Teyyam. par Christophe Boisvieux
Parution COREE – The sons of the Thunder Dragon. by Christophe Boisvieux
The sons of the Thunder Dragon
Organized to take place each year during the first month of the lunar year, the festival of Punakha commemorates the glorious victory of the Bhutanese over the Tibetans and renews faith in the protective divinities of the country, guarantors of national unity.
A Photo story by Christophe Boisvieux / LightMediation
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Parution FRANCE – La tradition du bain au Japon par Christophe Boisvieux
Timkat: the festival of the baptism
Each year on January 19, Timkat, or the festival of Epiphany,commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River. This holiday, more lavish than Christmas, is celebrated with the most pageantry in Lalibela, the « Black Jerusalem », in Ethiopia.
A Photo story by Christophe Boisvieux/LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Japan – The religion of the bath
When it comes to taking a bath, the japanese clean up and they make a religion out of it. They are so obsessed with bathing they’ve turned the tub into a shrine.Today, resorts with thermal baths attract more people than the beaches. You can plunge into baths of mud, grapefruit,coffee and even sake which is perhaps not so hard to swallow…
A Photo story by Christophe Boisvieux / LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
The living Gods of the Teyyam
On the borders of Kerala and Karnataka, the age-old ritual of the Teyyam stages the gods coming down amongst Man in an incredible profusion of colours and finery. An encounter with a living myth, religion and choreography passed down through history.
A Photo story by Christophe Boisvieux / LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]ligthtmediation.com
