Love and Light
Diwali is one of the most important festival of India. It is over but Mumbai city is still shining and celebrations are still going on. The good things about Diwali is sweets, lights, diyas, rangolis and wearing fancy traditional outfits, not to miss celebrating it with friends and family over countless lunches and dinners. All across the city there are lights and decorations done and every single one is worth watching. As children, I remember me and my cousins would go around the city during Diwali time just to see the lights. During those times it was simple and not as fancy as now, but we still enjoyed watching it. Most of the places had simple string lights. Now there is LED graphics and all different types of colored and shaped lights, so it all the more looks attractive.
This is in a courtyard of one of the city malls, a very impressive set up and the theme compliments the season so well.
This is the whole set up
Let's take a closer look of the whole set up. These hands are in the form of Mudras. Mudras are hand gestures used in yoga to direct energy flow within the body.
These are welcoming hands, a gesture we make to greet our guest
Some positive words during the auspicious occasion
A representation of Indian classical music instruments
And the Indian dance form
You can see in one frame how beautifully everything has been presented.
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Las manos en mudra del mall me parecieron el detalle más logrado del set, sobre todo cómo combinan el gesto de bienvenida con los instrumentos y la danza en un mismo frame. ¿El montaje sigue en pie después de Diwali o ya lo desarmaron?
Qué lindo que todavía se siga celebrando en Mumbai. Me quedé pensando en las manos en mudras: siempre vi esa gestualidad como algo casi decorativo, pero si se usa para dirigir el flujo de energía, qué significa esto para quien practica, ¿lo vive como algo físico o más simbólico? El contraste entre las tiras de luces simples de tu infancia y los LED de ahora es el dato concreto de cómo cambió la ciudad.