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Reel Name: Thread Changing Festival
Reel Notes: Thread Changing (Yajnopavitra) Festival of Tamil Brahmins
Date of Exposure: August 2001
Keywords: thread, full moon,

Brahmins on their way to the Yajnopavita ceremony
	They are prohibited to wear shirts
Brahmins at a Thread Changing Ceremony
	The Believers at the Yajnopavita ceremony
Tamil Brahmins Gathered for Spiritual Renewal Brahmins gathered for a thread changing ceremony
	Tamil Brahmins Gathered for Spiritual Renewal Brahmins gathered for a thread changing ceremony
Thread Changing Festival
	Thread Changing Festival
Thread Changing Festival
	Young Brahmin Priest
Picture of a Brahmin
	Thread Changing Festival
At the Annual Thread Changing Ceremony
	At the Annual Thread Changing Ceremony
A South Indian Brahmin A Tamil Brahmin going over the scriptures while running an errand
	The Sashtang Namaskar Seeking blessing from an elder
Showing Respects to the Brahmin
	Declaring Religious Allegiance A Shaiva devotee with sacred ash on forehead
Portrait of a Shaivite Brahmin
	At the Annual Thread Changing Ceremony
Preparing of the Banana Prasadam The Yajnopavita or thread changing ceremony, Bangalore, 2001

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