The holy city of Varanasi - The Ganges with Sue Perkins: Episode 2 - BBC
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzNUqA0Fc0

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0:03 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
0:16 tumble down to the water [Music] each day thousands of people come here to bathe in its sacred waters
0:29 [Music] but alongside this life and bustle and activity for the ever burning pyres of the cremation grounds over 150 bodies
0:42 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
0:57 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
1:09 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
1:15 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
1:25 [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
1:38 to really lovely array on the crackers one of the main attractions here are the bathing ghats Baron a sea is not just
1:51 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
2:04 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
2:12 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
2:24 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
2:40 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
2:55 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
3:07 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
3:26 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
3:37 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
3:45 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