World Bites #2: Parade, Maha Kumbha Mela

See some amazing characters walk by at the holy festival.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• allahabad
• India
• maha
• kumbha
• mela
• parade
• naga
• baba
• trident
• elephant
• sadhu
• holy
• man
• video
• travel
• spirituality
• hindu
• Oppe

[jy768]

Hinduism was one of the only backward forms of paganism that the civilised world allowed to survive. Perhaps we should have wiped it out also, but at least now we have a living example of the superstitions of primitive peoples.

[Alien031]

Hinduism is not "uncivilized" or "primitive". Indians created the world's first sewage systems in the Indus Valley Civilization, and civilized society has waxed and waned in different regions of India ever since. It is a beautiful complex tradition + your comment denigrates and oversimplifies. The religious + philosophical traditions of Hindu Thought are complex and non-primitive, quite civilized, even if u dont agree with 'em you can have academic respect 4 the long complex civilized tradition.

[GuruSwamiG]

Namaste - Naga's are among the oldest traditions in india - they were defenders of the faith. What do you want to know about this tradition ? Maha Shanti OM

Ganga-Puri Kaliuttamananda-Giri

[luvoneandonly]

none nation cabe more worse then hindus

[axxymax]

blame the brahmins in the country for all the filth in the hindu religion. They considered themselves as THE CUSTODIANS of the hindu religions. then how could they let the practices of child marriages, dev dasi, sati, untouchability , castism and the recent khap and honour kiling to survive in india. Who is suppose to be blamed for all these social evils in the society???? I blame the brahmins whome do you?????? post your tweets on twitter axxymax

[axxymax]

@Mameluke13 yes they are and they belong to animal called humans subspecies indians

[axxymax]

@northwestube . They are kept that way as they were protectors of the then powerful cast brahmins. they are completely brain washed individuals high on ganja . no mainstream education is provided to these ppl. their school is the locality they live in and their teacher are the experiences they have gathered interacting with other individuals from the society. On the other hand this is what absolute freedom means. they are the living examples.

[axxymax]

@jy768 to some extent i agree with you social evils like untouchability and child marriage and cast and now the recent kaphs are the dark side of the religion which i hope in the near future be fully eradicated from india or india will soon be worse than pakistan, with khaps acting as taliban . cant say they need uprooted from the indian system as i consider them weeds in the path to progress. jai maharashtra

[MyurenJ]

the religion is hinduism

[adityabose26]

Ha ha ha ha.....u amuse me so with ur pea-brained intellect, u english paedophile!

You guys were still hunting and gathering when we were writing the vedas & u have the gumption of claiming that u civilized us. Such is ur vanity!! U guys had the upper hand for a mere 500 years, what is 500 years to us! It is just a drop in the ocean of time. In another 100 years, the cycle would reverse & then we would see how the world treats illiterate degenerates like u. Till then, enjoy while u can. :)

[tenthousandyearsgoon]

Their practices are strange but they have many sattvic (good) qualities like vegetarianism.

[northwestube]

wot kind of religion has naked men running round looking like they just walked out of the jungle

[Mameluke13]

oh my good look at these people they are no better than animals !!