Thaipusam

• Photographer
  Michele Spadafora

Thaipusam is a Tamil Hindu festival falling on the first full moon day of the month of Thai on the confluence of the Pusam star, dedicated to the victory the god Murugan over the demon Surapadman by means of a divine spear granted by Parvati. The festival includes ceremonials of offerings and sacrifices: milk pots, burdens carried to balance spiritual debts, flesh mortifications by piercing the skin, tongue and cheeks with skewers. Devotees prepare for the rituals by regular prayers, vegetarian diet and castity and make pilgrimage with bare feet and dances along the route.

Travel to understand the world and life. Photograph my emotions. Born Cosenza (Italy),graduated Physics,worked Computer Science. 2014 exhibited b&w on Morocco at the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome. Represented Italy in a European project: photograph Constantine in Algeria, "Capital of Arab Culture 2015". International Awards from Contests (APA,Chromatic,IPA,Monovisions,FAPA,VIEPA,PX3,MIFA,BIFA,APM,TIFA,Monochrome,WMPO,GPA,ND) and Galleries (Black Box Gallery in Portland Oregon, More Art Please in Brasov Romania). 2022,2023 exhibited at the TeatroBasilica, Museo delle Mura in Rome.