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Three or maybe 6 in one religion temple

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:29 am
by spada
On the way , from Ho Chi Minh Ciy I catch a tourist bus cost around Aust $5 to goto a Tayninh to see Cao Dai temple, it is in a big area populated by houses , and in the middle is the temple .Cao Dai is a new religion formed in VN around 1945, it based on three religion with the principle that all religions have one same divine origin, which is God, or Allah, or the Tao .it actualy is a mix of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism .One of the saints look like Victor Hugo. Priests in colorful robes: the red robes stand for Confucianism, the blue robes Taoism and the yellow robes Buddhism we arrived there before the noon and the main ceremony starts at the noon..there is some many interesting things to photograph The picture was taken from a special balcony for visitors. It was an armed religion in the 50 or 60 by the French to combat the Communism ( that have no religion )that are spreading in the South east Asia following Russia and China.Now it is a peaceful religion in Tay Ninh ,the border of VietNam and Cambodia and is vegetarian eater.



This is the temple itself
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Inside the temple
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with members , you can see the balcony for visitor around
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And special members
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And zoom a little more
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in the corner of the temple
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I know this lanscape building is a boring subject , but i post anyway , thank for looking.


Regards
spada

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:31 am
by avkomp
really like the second.

colour, leading lines and exposure work well for me.

Steve

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:37 am
by huynhie
Very colourfull shot's there Hien,

The second shot being my favourite.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:12 am
by the foto fanatic
Great use of colour, and yes, #2 is a standout.
Thanks. :)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:36 pm
by spada
Hi
Thank Steve CricketFan and Huynh for comments :)
Huynhie where is the mini review of the FF camera :lol:

Regards
spada

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:53 pm
by macka
I know this lanscape building is a boring subject , but i post anyway , thank for looking.


Certainly not boring! We missed this temple when we were there (one of us was sick the day we had planned to go). Very interesting building.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:07 pm
by spada
Hi
Thank Macka , I was in VN last Chrismas with a DSLR (First time ) and go from north ( Hanoi) to south , and Cambodia by bus , brought back here over 1000 raw pictures, if there is interest i will post more.

thank
spada

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:25 pm
by sirhc55
Spada - it is always wonderful to see pics from other parts of the world, especially from forum members. Your pics are enhanced with the very interesting prologue :)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:31 pm
by Slider
Fantastic and as others have already said, number 2 is particularly impressive. :D