Indian Clarinet

...the right moment, position, and Light . 

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The Ganesha festival in Paris is a great occasion for all Indians & Srilankans people to show their culture and beauty. The temple invite all kind of traditional music, musicians from India & Srilanka. Indian Clarinet is very well known in the south of India and Srilanka as well. The Clarinet got the first place in Hindu celebration whether it's a ceremony, wedding or Festival.

In the festival of Ganesha in Paris, France there are more then 15 people just for plying Clarinets, making some wonderful rhythm all together.  

Faith and determination can make you do anything

… the right moment, position and light 

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The young man Suresh is holding wood stand which called நில் in Tamil. The stand is prepared with flowers and color tissue to make some decoration around the Birthday of lord Ganesha. Those young people are celebrating birthday of Ganesha by dancing during the festival parade which is more then 7hours.

It's something very difficult for a common man holding this stand during the parade but the faith & determination help them doing it.    

Suffering for bless

… the right moment, position and light 

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The young boy Mukesh holding the stand since 5hours, and have to continue for 3 hour more. This is something very hard even for a man but Mukesh continue doing it. Is it obligation for him to carry it or he wants to do it ? Every year people ask something to lord Ganesha and in the exchange they do many different different things. Mukesh is one of them, will continue for his victory.   

An occasion to show culture

…the right moment, position, and light 

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That was great occasion for all Indians people to show up their tradition, the picture is from on of them.
Normally people don't ware these kind of clothes and jewels in Paris, France, think that they look stupid but the festival give them right to ware all those traditional clothes and jewels. The girl was standing with her family in the place of festival. When i saw her first i thought… i am in India but slowly slowly i realized that it's a occasion of Ganesha festival.

Coconut blast

… the right moment, position & light 

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The coconut blasting is an amazing thing which pass every year in Paris, France. Everybody is throwing everything, looks like a festival of coconut. Actually it's a famous festival of lord Ganesha.

Each year people ask things to Ganesha and when they achieve whatever they ask, they offer hundred, thousand even ten thousand coconuts to lord Ganesha.

This picture is one of them, on the left there is a big pile of coconuts and people taking throwing on the flour. People are scared even i was scared of braking my camera but thanks to Ganesha it didn't happen. Things are moving so fast and therefor i got wonderful picture of it.

Again Coconut blast

… the right moment, position, & light 

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Again blasting of thousand coconuts. You may wondering what do they do after with all those coconuts ? I explain you here; There is a municipal lorry and workers behind who continue among the festival to collect all the coconuts and to clean the street immediately because of the traffic. All the coconuts go in the rubbish bin some some people take some of them as a sweet from lord Ganesha but 98% of them go in the rubbish.     

The spirit

… the right moment, position, & light 

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The man is a Devotee of god Ganesha, people say that the man is having a spirit of lord Ganesha.

People also say that he is suffering to erase his own sins. We don't know the reality, what ever i found out, the man is so tired of holding this heavy thing on his solder during eight hours plus dancing whole day, i think, he lost him self, he doesn't  know whatever he is doing. He is falling, he doesn't care who is around, he …. he just doesn't know where is he…….

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