There’s a cause why the Hindu goddess Durga is usually depicted driving a tiger or a lion.
That is due to the fact she is involved with security, unrestricted power, and motherhood—a deity who signifies fantastic about evil and who is not shy about working out that electric power when warranted.
Now, B.C. leading John Horgan compensated his respects to Durga, an icon of feminism to some, in a statement marking the beginning of Navrati.
“Above the up coming nine evenings and 10 days, Hindu communities will come with each other to honour and give thanks to the deity Durga, the feminine electricity and her nine forms,” Horgan mentioned. “The competition of Vijayadashami, or Dussehra, is celebrated on the final day—marking the triumph of good more than evil and the start out of Diwali preparations.
“For the very first time in a handful of yrs, additional of this year’s Navratri celebrations will be shared in man or woman yet again, as individuals properly appear again collectively. Family members and mates will obtain to pray, speedy and delight in standard dances like dandiya and garba, and share exclusive meals.”
Durga’s attractiveness extends further than Hindu communities.
In an job interview with the Straight previously this year, Vancouver artist Sandeep Johal—who was raised in a Sikh family—acknowledged that in aspect due to Durga, she has been encouraged to include things like tigers in some of her operates.
For illustration, she painted a female sitting on a branch beside a tiger for the 2022 Vancouver Lantern Pageant
In a different piece for the Vancouver Mural Competition in 2017, Johal painted a lady using a tiger in black-and-white.
“The title of the mural was Intense Like Tigers, and I observed that quotation on the side of a comfort store,” Johal recalled in January. “It was on some kind of poster. It said, ‘Girls are intense like tigers.’ I believed that was an extraordinary sentiment.”
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