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MAGA Communism
* American syncretic political movement combining Marxism with right-wing populism
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#POTUS #2024
Oddities in Chinese Australian Syncretism: Private home shrines
1) A statuette of 濟公 Jigong, "The Honourable Helper", a Chinese folk deity. Our Jigong is a bit more tan than other Jigong for some reason, maybe from absorbing some of Aussie sun. 😂 Otherwise, his Buddhist monk garb, the hand fan and the gourd of wine is pretty much stock standard when it comes to depictions of Jigong.
2) A creepy glow-in-the-dark Mammoth skeleton figurine from the WA Museum gift shop. Why?? Well, for me, there's 3 possible explanations for it's addition to the shrine:
- Dad bought this for me when I was 9, maybe 10. So maybe it's just a touching memento that he's kept around and displayed.
- Dad is a secret Ganesha devotee. I mean, The God of New Beginnings, Wisdom, Luck as well as the Remover of Obstacles. All things I'd imagine a refugee would find comfort in.
- It's an ancestral shrine and we're members of the ancient secret Mammoth Clan.
3) Incense holder with lit incense. Duh! It's a shrine.
4) Fish and Chips as the offering for Jigong. I'm pretty sure this is sacrilegious. 😂 Then again Jigong himself, when he was alive, was a misbehaving monk who ate meat and drank alcohol on occasion. He would probably appreciate the Fish and Chips.
#jigong #daoji #shrine #homeshrine #syncretic #syncretism #fishandchips #chineseaustralian #mammoth #wamuseum #boolabardip #magicchai #magicchaicoop #濟公 #神壇 #綜攝 #魚薯 #澳洲華僑 #毛象 #西澳博物館
Question for my #Pagan friends:
Are there any blog posts, books, etc., you know of that were influential in spreading anti-“#eclectic” or #syncretic beliefs?
Particularly ones which portray historical #polytheism as having been inherently monocultural, “pure,” provincial, etc.?
This is an entire hour-long #live #concert by Banda Blanca from #Honduras 🇭🇳, which plays highly #festive Punta rock, which in this case just means modern Punta; a #syncretic #music #genre combining #Caribbean and #African rhythms. The #band has been active since 1971 and still going.
So yep, feel free to come and #dance along, ummm, perdón: ¡Ven y baila!
And if you need convincing these guys *really* know how to #party, the video has nearly 11.8 million views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF37781K-RA
"Man tadpat Hari darshan ko aaj" is considered the finest bhajan in Hindi movies, sung by the legendary Rafi, written by Shakeel Badayuni and composed by Naushad. This is India.
#pluralisme #diversity #syncretic #india
#photography #amateurphotography
Late-medieval, early-modern Rajput-Mughal #syncretic #architecture, hindu-islamic confluence in #Rajasthan, India.
