what was the last film you watched

[dodger 2,754]

5 minutes ago, mackem said:

It’s worth it if you’re interested in walking amongst thousands of rats,plus how many people have you met who took the time and trouble to purposely visit a rat temple?Lol.

I get the cow thing n that's ok but rats running over your feet maybe stretching it lol

So is it about doing something that you wouldn't normally do

[mackem 26,269]

Just now, dodger said:

I get the cow thing n that's ok but rats running over your feet maybe stretching it lol

So is it about doing something that you wouldn't normally do

It’s something I would normally do,that’s why I visited the temple,but I just thought if your in India why not visit the place if your into hunting,life’s about experiences,we only come this way once,might as well make the most of the visit.

[dodger 2,754]

42 minutes ago, mackem said:

It’s something I would normally do,that’s why I visited the temple,but I just thought if your in India why not visit the place if your into hunting,life’s about experiences,we only come this way once,might as well make the most of the visit.

 

[dodger 2,754]

Better vid

[mackem 26,269]

2 minutes ago, dodger said:

Better vid

What they don’t show you is there’s a dark passage you can walk through barefoot,I was shuffling my feet but you could feel rats bumping off your toes as you slid your feet over the marble floor.

[mel b 2,299]

10 hours ago, mackem said:

I went to Varanasi years ago as I had seen footage of one meditating in the lotus position on the chest of a corpse he had dragged from the ganges before eating part of the corpse,when I looked around they don’t do it openly,but they do carry bones/skulls around.

I saw Jains walking around naked sweeping the ground in front of them before each step so as not to step on insects and small organisms.

It seems freakishly macabre to us , but if they have the belief that God created everything , so everything is OK,  it must be a unbelievably stress free way to live your life . I would imagine it could get quite lonely though , as they walk away from family , and everything they previously knew.

[mel b 2,299]

10 hours ago, waltjnr said:

Also seen ,and read about them ,bit mental ,but hey ho ,sure some amazon jungle native would look at most westerners lives as weird 

That's true. Our lives would seem insane to them .  

It's hard to believe that human beings could live such different lives , yet still thrive.

[mel b 2,299]

10 hours ago, dodger said:

I don't remember seeing anything like that when I was there I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, as said on mels post it was a real eye opener for me with the burning body's and also the body's being carried through the town towards the river.

I think it was the same documentary that showed the burning of bodies on the banks of the ganges . Poorer people couldn't always afford enough wood to fully burn the body of a loved one , so half burned bodies were just thrown into the ganges .

[mackem 26,269]

3 hours ago, mel b said:

 Poorer people couldn't always afford enough wood to fully burn the body of a loved one , so half burned bodies were just thrown into the ganges .

Swathe them in a white shroud and caste them adrift into the river,I did an early morning boat drip and saw a vulture sitting on a half sunken shroud,the local pariah dogs feed on whatever washes to the bank I was told,and can well imagine it.

[dodger 2,754]

4 hours ago, mel b said:

I think it was the same documentary that showed the burning of bodies on the banks of the ganges . Poorer people couldn't always afford enough wood to fully burn the body of a loved one , so half burned bodies were just thrown into the ganges .

[dodger 2,754]

I read that apple TV cancelled the second season mack due it not doing quite aswell as other shows they are doing.

Shame that especially when the first received so many good reviews 

[mackem 26,269]

3 minutes ago, dodger said:

I read that apple TV cancelled the second season mack due it not doing quite aswell as other shows they are doing.

Shame that especially when the first received so many good reviews 

I will have a look on some apps when I am back in UK next year,didn’t bring a Firestick with me which in hindsight I should have,and watch it,I like a bit of telly in my old age.

[ditchman 2,831]

The Halo TV seris

[mel b 2,299]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

Swathe them in a white shroud and caste them adrift into the river,I did an early morning boat drip and saw a vulture sitting on a half sunken shroud,the local pariah dogs feed on whatever washes to the bank I was told,and can well imagine it.

That sounds absolutely horrific,  but we're very sheltered from death in this country .  To those people,  it's just the way it is I suppose. 

[dodger 2,754]

43 minutes ago, mel b said:

That sounds absolutely horrific,  but we're very sheltered from death in this country .  To those people,  it's just the way it is I suppose. 

True that about us being sheltered from death

Isn't there tribes in Indonesia that mummifie there dead n keep them in there home n keep feeding n cleaning n cuddling them n then once buried dig them up once a year for ceremonies or something 

Edited December 3, 2023 by dodger