31 Oct 2012 ~ Cao Dai Temple, Vietnam ~ Part II
Listening to: Talking Heads ~ Psycho Killer (Nijmegan, Holland, 6/13/78)
Happy Halloween!
Services are held four times a day. The three principal colors of Cao Dai are yellow (for Buddhism), blue (for Taoism), and red (for Christianity), and these appear in worshippers’ robes as well as the temple.
Within the temple, males must enter on the right and females on the left.
(Sorry, these videos are a little shaky and blurry at points).
http://youtu.be/rcWSrdzwwI4
Gongs are joined in by the string instruments and harmonious chanting of the devotees.
The most important symbol is the Divine Eye, representing God, which also appears in followers’ homes. (You can see it in the below photo in the middle of the windows). It is a left eye, because God is Yang, and Yang is the left side. It has a ying-yang symbol in the pupil.
posted by ~L~ @ 5:44 AM
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