At Kumbh Mela: The Largest Gathering on Earth Naga Sadhus walk as Indian band members perform during a religious procession towards the Sangam, in Allahabad, on January 4, 2013.
Visit the link for 32 other really mind bending images. In the midst of our own indigenous parochial squabbles over this and that limit on liberty it's easy to forget just how wide and weird and wonderful the rest of the world remains and abides.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 14, 2013 11:36 AM
"In 2001, the last time the festival took place, more than 40 million people gathered in an area smaller than 20 sq km (7.7 sq mi). This year, the predicted number of visitors tops 100 million."
Good times.
Posted by: tim at January 14, 2013 11:57 AMDo you have any idea how filthy that river is? Just think about it. 100 million Hindus with the drizzlies, all in one place.
Posted by: Fat Man at January 14, 2013 1:26 PMA national group piss! I bet every one of 'em swears he never pees in the pool.
Posted by: Shooter1001 at January 14, 2013 2:00 PMFriggin' tubas. I'm guessing piety isn't a big player in this part of the religio-clambake.
Posted by: Scott at January 14, 2013 4:04 PM"Hello, Dalai,
Well, Hello, Dalai,
It's so nice to have you back...."
Halftime entertainment at the Rice Bowl, to be followed by
"Seventy-six thousand trombones in the Big Parade..."
Posted by: Rob De Witt at January 14, 2013 4:04 PMOh yeah, and Fat Man.....
"The Cholera of Enlightenment."
Posted by: Rob De Witt at January 14, 2013 4:08 PMOh look, a bunch of naked men with flowers in their hair.
I think I'll pass on this one.
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