In South AsiaThe festive season turns on two ancient elements: fire and water.
The festival of Dussehra ends with flames, because The Rooring in Paris, the huge effigy of the collapse of the demon king Ravana, a dramatic festival, Hindu The victory of the deity Lord Ram and the pride and cruelty of a reminder can be consumed by fire. smoke And thunder, devotion and spectacle combination through the night.
Durga Puja is closed with a separate crescent. This festival celebrates the woman’s divine by depriving Goddess Durga, which is worshiped as the mother of the universe and for her victory over the mythical demon Mahishasura.
In eastern India, Bangladesh And in parts of MyanmarThe festival ended with vibrant processions – music fast, drum rolling, crowd chanting – leads the idols of Goddess Durga to rivers and ponds. There, between the song and the splashes of water, the form of its soil sinks, dissolves in the currents. The ritual is both a farewell and a riot of a renewal, sound and color.
One ends in fire, the other in water. Both want to express the same message: the conflict between good and evil is eternal, and rituals are its living memory.
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