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Thaipusam Part (1)

2008.01.27












Hi everyone, is been a while =)
Thanks for the comments for my previous post,
Days have been speeding up for me these days,
I am sorry for not able to reply all of you but I read and value all the comments been given,
I will try to catch up with everyone in photoblog soon!!

I seldom take portrait shots,
I decided to snap portrait shots during the Thaipusam festival,
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb).
These were taken on 23 January 2008 at Batu Caves, Malaysia.
During Thaipusam devotees shave their heads bald as a symbol of humility and atonement,
I manage to snap the progress while the father of the baby decided to let one of the barbers shave off the baby's hair.



56 Comments
vterezia very good PORTRAIT shots !!!
vterezia · 2008-01-27: 01:57
nasser nice portrait set!
nasser · 2008-01-27: 02:04
focussed Very powerful portraits. Wonderful.
focussed · 2008-01-27: 02:09
vmathewk Very powerful set. Liked the shots and the presentation of them :)
vmathewk · 2008-01-27: 02:10
SAORI There are a festival called the crying sumo (NAKIZUMOU) of the child and a ceremony of 753 (SHICHIGOSAN) in Japan. Because religion is different, I cannot easily say, but it may resemble the ceremony of possibly Japanese them.
I love the tenth piece photograph most.
SAORI · 2008-01-27: 02:18
benkoh I like this set so much.
benkoh · 2008-01-27: 02:48
giodinu very beautiful post, thanks for sharing, the child has several beautiful expressions
giodinu · 2008-01-27: 03:22
ronin53 great powerful reportage !!! :-)
ronin53 · 2008-01-27: 03:33
brutewilliam Great B and W, like film
brutewilliam · 2008-01-27: 04:25
rolpa Excellent work! Gritty film like feel adds a sense of drama.
rolpa · 2008-01-27: 04:27
7matrix Meaningful set! Very interesting... These shots are something like taken by a professional photographer, Janiee:-) You're great!
7matrix · 2008-01-27: 04:42
mireia Expressive set...very interesting and full on the emotions
mireia · 2008-01-27: 04:42
kdodee amazing pictures.
kdodee · 2008-01-27: 04:44
eljapa ahhh i feel so sorry for that kid...
#4 and #6 really are great! Very impressive set...
eljapa · 2008-01-27: 04:47
Pikapol This is a brilliant reportage!! It's dramatic, full of emotions.. In your style of b&w looks amazing. really excellent work! This work deserve special award. #4 is my fav.
Pikapol · 2008-01-27: 04:59
rumekintun amazing ... very powerful set ...
rumekintun · 2008-01-27: 06:13
shiqin omg, i like your set even more! good job! =D
shiqin · 2008-01-27: 06:22
agandia Beautiful portrait, Great as a cultural document
agandia · 2008-01-27: 08:08
nathaliedelmas Superbe reportage!
nathaliedelmas · 2008-01-27: 08:18
josanhjx thanks for sharing!!!
josanhjx · 2008-01-27: 08:26
bamommy Great set. All of these shots are fantastic. .
bamommy · 2008-01-27: 08:32
tantatantan beautiful portraits. very emotional and expressive. I like #4 the most. his face is lovely, it looks a little bit afraid and anxious. love the big hand holding his face too :)
tantatantan · 2008-01-27: 08:45
insomnia so great and nice, full of emotions
insomnia · 2008-01-27: 08:45
camilleauteuil great portraits, the child is so expressive ! he seams afraid ...
camilleauteuil · 2008-01-27: 08:52
lar10 each of them are so storytelling. nice subject. great set. bravo.
lar10 · 2008-01-27: 08:54
MIRWAN impresive....great photo story....
MIRWAN · 2008-01-27: 09:45
somogyvari Forseful pics,and yours comment very interesting!
somogyvari · 2008-01-27: 11:21
Cartman971 Such a great report.the reporter I am must applaud the story you shot !!!
Cartman971 · 2008-01-27: 11:54
????? increible ver lamiradad del niño te deprime compi una cerie marabillosa
????? · 2008-01-27: 12:08
elclic excelent portraits !!
elclic · 2008-01-27: 12:19
tomie wonderful portrait! astounding set! i choose the first one as fav!
tomie · 2008-01-27: 12:30
mimax2 very good.
mimax2 · 2008-01-27: 12:59
Aniruddha Deep!
Aniruddha · 2008-01-27: 13:32
Francesc21 Fantastic ..I love the seven photo!!!!! Excelent Janiee
Francesc21 · 2008-01-27: 14:13
sunshineand that barber is pretty good with that razor
sunshineand · 2008-01-27: 15:04
jendayee He was so cute with his hair.... :))
Well I have to respect traditions...
still the father could do that to his own instead of his kid's... :)
very good reportage !
jendayee · 2008-01-27: 15:52
????? Bellissime foto, ottimo bianco&nero.

ciao
????? · 2008-01-27: 16:24
nadoune Beautiful kids,so cute!!!
nadoune · 2008-01-27: 18:55
Karibbean beautiful pics!!
Karibbean · 2008-01-27: 20:10
lexlevans wow - this is fantastic! so full of emotion. great job!! :-)
lexlevans · 2008-01-27: 22:11
lealani Beautiful! Says a lot!
lealani · 2008-01-27: 22:33
vollenda Amazing series! Such expressions on his little face!
vollenda · 2008-01-27: 22:58
Ippolito Questa serie mi ha riportato indietro negli anni ..
Ippolito · 2008-01-28: 01:42
Riccaster Incredible Fantastic Beautifil shots !!! Brava
Riccaster · 2008-01-28: 03:10
MrSaSa great shoots from a great talent!!but why they shave children heads?
MrSaSa · 2008-01-28: 03:12
storytaylor powerful and tender.

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you are marvellous also, capturing kids
storytaylor · 2008-01-28: 03:50
Fali84 you have captured the ritual so well janiee...it is a hindu ritual to shave off a child's head hair after a certain age. so, most hindu children go through this at some point of their lives when they are young...i did too! :)
lovely post
Fali84 · 2008-01-28: 06:43
Kovac awesome and amazing shots :) Wonderful b&w set :) Thanks for sharing!
Kovac · 2008-01-28: 09:36
vjvian Yeap..amazing shots...i love the storyline...
vjvian · 2008-01-28: 09:42
balkanbridge Brilliant work! Well done!
balkanbridge · 2008-01-28: 10:26
dhulsmeyer great photos jainee. but i feel really sorry for that little one. he's not old enough to be devoted to anything =(
dhulsmeyer · 2008-01-28: 14:02
BreezyOnTheEyes this is so moving. absolutely superb camera work. nice job.
BreezyOnTheEyes · 2008-01-29: 00:00
alexfelipe I liked both your "head shaving" sets. well done. I think this one is better though as some of the images are wider and give a better sense of what's happening around the subject.
alexfelipe · 2008-01-29: 11:38
pei-chan the baby so kawaii......his eyes!!!! kira-kira nee~~~~
pei-chan · 2008-01-30: 01:26
jemjemsy very nice set ! amazing.. :)
jemjemsy · 2008-01-30: 05:11
sicknessinit awesome!
sicknessinit · 2008-03-15: 23:34
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