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Krystal Sims. Background Information:. A worker makes firecrackers at a factory for the upcoming Diwali festival, on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad October 8, 2011. Firecrackers are in great demand ahead of Diwali, the - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Krystal Sims
A worker makes firecrackers at a factory for the upcoming Diwali
festival, on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad
October 8, 2011. Firecrackers are in great demand ahead of Diwali, the
Hindu festival of lights, which will be celebrated across the country
October 26. Deepawali or Diwali is certainly the biggest and the
brightest of allHindu festivals. It's the festival of lights (deep = light and
avali = a row i.e.,a row of lights) that's marked by four days of celebration,
which literallyillumines the country with its brilliance, and dazzles all with
its joy. Eachof the four days in the festival of Diwali is separated by a
differenttradition, but what remains true and constant is the
celebration of life, itsenjoyment and goodness. Each day of Diwali has its own tale, legend and myth to tell.
The firstday of the festival Naraka Chaturdasi marks the vanquishing
of the
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demon Naraka by Lord Krishna and his wife Satyabhama.
Amavasya, the second day of Deepawali, marks the worship
of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth in her most benevolent
mood, fulfilling the wishes of her devotees. Amavasya also
tells the story of Lord Vishnu, who in hisdwarf incarnation vanquished the tyrant Bali, and
banishedhim to hell. Bali was allowed to return to earth
once a year, tolight millions of lamps to dispel the darkness and
ignorance,and spread the radiance of love and wisdom. It is
on the thirdday of Deepawali — Kartika Shudda Padyami that
Bali stepsout of hell and rules the earth according to the
boon given byLord Vishnu. The fourth day is referred to as Yama
Dvitiya(also called Bhai Dooj) and on this day sisters invite
theirbrothers to their homes.
All the simple rituals of Diwali have a significance and a story to tell. The illumination of homes with lights and the skies with firecrackers is an expression of obeisance to the heavens for the
attainment of health, wealth, knowledge, peace and prosperity. According to one belief, the sound of fire-crackers are an
indication of the joy of the people living on earth, making the
gods aware of their plentiful state. Still another possible reasonhas a more scientific basis: the fumes produced by the crackerskill a lot of insects and mosquitoes, found in plenty after therains.
The audience of this piece is definitely to the people of Diwali; all the ones who believe in
and participate in the festival.
Who do you think the audience is?
To me the focus was the pink firework and I believe this is the focus because they have such strong beliefs toward these fireworks once they are fired off during the festival. Also, this is the focus because these fireworks mean a lot to the people of Diwali because this is something that has been going on for millions of years, and it has to be important if they still have not yet to cease this tradition.
What do you think the focus is?
When the picture is
altered in this way I
think we can seewhat the focus
reallyis. The light beamsfrom the fireworkthat is put
togetheris the only
differentcolored beam,
whileall the other
beamslet off the sameshade of color.
Focus!
What do you think the logical appeal is?
Logos
The logical appeal is the significance behind the tradition, they understand how important the fireworks are to those four days and the significance behind them. Also, you see that they get the pieces of the fireworks but make them their selves, this makes the fireworks even more memorable, significant, and traditional to them.
Logos…
What do you think the emotional appeal is?
Pathos
The emotional appeal for this picture really only stands
out to the people of Dawali because they haveparticipated in the festival and they have lived
throughthis tradition their whole lives, therefore, to
them this isa special feeling to them; this tradition is apart
of theirlives. The fireworks let of this light that they
believebrings love and wisdom and washes away all
the bad andignorance.
Pathos…
What do you think the epithical appeal is?
Ethos
The epithical appeal is definitely directed to the Dawali
people as well. They would know the creditability
behind the work of art because they know the tradition,
they understand how important the fireworks are to
those four days and the significance behind them. Also,
you see that they get the pieces of the fireworks but
make them their selves, this makes the fireworks even
more memorable, significant, and traditional to them.
Ethos…
When there is no color, does it change the entire significance of the picture?
Yes, with nocolor the picture’ssignificance is
mostdefinitely altered.Without the color
Idon’t think theimportance of thefireworks aresymbolized
anymore.Just looks like aregular picture ofsomeone makingfireworks. Also,without the color
theappeals are very
muchdifferent. When
theone firework has
color you get the logical
appeal that
these fireworks mean something, they stand out for something, however, without the color there Is no meaning to the fireworks they are just there. With the color the epithical appeal is the meaning behind the fireworks and the festival, but without the color you don’t even think twice about there being a meaning to the fireworks. You don’t have much of an emotional appeal to the picture at all unless you understand it or you are from Diwali, however, once the color is gone there is definitely no emotional appeal to any of it.
The colors are being juxtaposed in this picture. Foremost,
you have the pink contrasted with everything else which is
black and white. But then you can tell certain parts aredarker in the black and white than others. Where the
handsare placed, right below them where the shadow of the
hands is, the pieces of the fireworks have a darker shade to
them. Also, I think that the hands kind of look like one is a
dark skinned woman and the other is a white womanbecause with all the dirt on the hands one still looks
darker.I think this could be significant because it could suggest
thateveryone of their kind is coming together, and no mattercolor or race they want everyone to join them because
theystrongly believe in the tradition. They want all the bad,hatred and negativity to go away and want everyone to
seethere is no reason to hate each other, that is why
we should all act as one.
What is being Juxtaposed?
I think the artist only included the hands, first,because of what I said earlier I believe it is twowomen's hands. Second, I think the hand with
thetie around the wrist is a woman from Dewali
andthe other hand could just be someone who
wantsto experience what they do and just check it
out.Third, if the bodies were included it would
depictthe significance of them making their own
fireworksbecause the focus would no longer be on thehands.
Why do you think the artist did not include the persons body?
Last, I believe hands can show a lot of thingsabout people and here I think these handssymbolize security with each other, friends andfamily, tradition, bringing in the good and
lettinggo of the bad, and simply quality.
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