http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery 18 photos in 1 album en-US Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:33:25 -0700 Gallery 1.5.2-pl2, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery/albums/saito-homa/homa_beginning.thumb.jpg http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery 144 144 http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery/saito-homa c3c46c73095c3d384e237835565b975c Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:39:24 -0700 http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=saito-homa http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery/albums/saito-homa/homa_beginning.thumb.jpg http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery/albums/saito-homa/homa_beginning.sized.jpg http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/gallery/albums/saito-homa/homa_beginning.thumb.jpg 144 144 On April 20 & 21, 2007 Her Holiness Shinso Ito, conducted a spectacular Saito Homa (fire purification)ceremony for Global Peace at the Shinnyo-en Buddhist temple grounds in Yorba Linda. Open for the first time to the public, it attracted over 3000 people from all over the world and was telecast throughout Japan. Twelve world dance performers were invited to create a commissioned performance that carried the message of Unity through celebrating our uniqueness. This production, accompanied by a 50 piece symphony orchestra and 20 taiko drums, ended with a perfectly timed release of 108 doves into the skies.