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The holy city of Varanasi - The Ganges with Sue Perkins: Episode 2 - BBC

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  1. it's not until you see the banks of the Ganges that you appreciate the true glory of Varanasi on the north side of the river miles of crumbling temples
  2. tumble down to the water [Music] each day thousands of people come here to bathe in its sacred waters
  3. [Music] but alongside this life and bustle and activity for the ever burning pyres of the cremation grounds over 150 bodies
  4. are burnt in Varanasi every day you can see the smoke coming from the ghats the violence is seen as a place of death and yet it feels so incredibly alive isn't
  5. it actually all aspects of life are in one frame environment even death is celebrated here that's such an enlightened way of looking at it and
  6. you're so up close to it as well as in the West we try and keep us far away from death as possible as soon as someone's died put her in a
  7. box don't look at them burn them away burn you know so the very purpose is the liberation from death from the cycle of life and death
  8. [Music] just as I breathe in a lump over there I noticed that he's drying their palates just there it says everything you need
  9. to really lovely array on the crackers one of the main attractions here are the bathing ghats Baron a sea is not just
  10. for the old and infirm bathing in the waters here cleanses the soul whatever your age the religious interaction isn't sort of po-faced you know it's it's
  11. always like a family outing it's like if you guys laughing and playing and the kid is going around and joking lot of these are pilgrims who must have come to
  12. the city for once in their lifetime you know it's like for the Muslims to go to Mecca sure the Indians have yeah so for them it's once-in-a-lifetime so they are
  13. and in this heat you would also enjoy a nice dip and also this river is sacred and it can't be made dirty I'm no scientist but that's deeply Brown isn't
  14. it it is it's deeply Brown yes yes [Music] dirty or not this stretch of a Ganges is of huge spiritual significance to many
  15. of India's religions which means it's also pretty busy the whole of life is playing here you know it's out in the open it's all in the public domain that
  16. you live your life upon even a standard barber here will give you a standard haircut see I'll show you what happens with life and death here you see every
  17. stage of life we come to the reverse so this is a special ritual that happens this young child she's been brought here and her hair has been shaved off I
  18. wasn't afraid you offer your hair as a way of offering your ego because that's also your pride oh my hair looks good I look good
  19. choose this man a holy man or he is a barber and it's to do with giving up your your ego I think I'm overdue a haircut

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