{"id":39082,"date":"2019-11-28T03:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T10:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/?p=39082"},"modified":"2019-02-03T12:34:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T19:34:13","slug":"pic-of-the-week-november-29-2019-stumbling-onto-a-jain-parade-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/pic-of-the-week-november-29-2019-stumbling-onto-a-jain-parade-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"“Pic of the Week”, November 29, 2019: Stumbling onto a Jain Parade, Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

While walking the streets of Old Delhi, we encountered this unexpected parade. A group of people playing instruments, carrying a few floats, and seeming to have a good time.<\/p>\n

Our guide told us that it was a parade of Jains — people adherent to the ancient Indian religion of Jainism. I don’t know much about the faith except that along with Hinduism and Buddhism, it is one of the oldest religions in Asia, dating to the 6th century.<\/p>\n

There are many festivals in the Jain faith and we thought it likely was a celebration of one of these. Unfortunately I’ll never know.<\/p>\n

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