This is what hieroglyphs and figures in ancient Egyptian temples looked like before their colors faded. They were recreated using a polychromatic light display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, following thorough research.
If this is your kind of thing, new zealand has the world’s first life sized re-creation of an Egyptian temple for an idea of how it would have looked back then
For those who want to know where in New Zealand it is, this is in Hamilton Gardens in Hamilton!
Yaqui Deer Dance The deer dance of the Yaqui and Mayo people of Sonora, Mexico, is said to be sacred. In Yaqui mythology, the deer represents good and the dancers tell the story of the deer, their little brother, and the flower world. In the flower world, all animals are our friends. In singing the deer songs, Yaqui open the doors to others worlds. However, those other worlds don’t live separate from us, it is not a mythical story, but as real to the Yaqui as our day to day lives. Ultimately, the deer dance represents the both elegant and profound struggle between good and evil and how to restore and maintain the balance with nature. Traditionally, deer dancing is associated with hunting as a means of securing the appropriate relation with the plant and animal world.
im tired of seeing a bajillion posts about why cool rocks dont have magic powers. objectively i know that they’re not magic. but i want to believe they are. i want to look at this beautiful thing the earth made and feel like maybe there is something in there. idk. im tired and sad and the rocks wont cure me but looking at them makes me happy and maybe thats magic too.
