The Holy Water

On religious festivals, such as on full-moon nights, pious people in the villages come together to celebrate these by performing kirtan. For hours they repeat the litany of Hare Krishna, Hare Rama which culminates in a sort of ecstasy of feeling and enthusiasm. The men jump up and dance, clapping their hands, clashing cymbols, beating drums; they may form a procession leading to the temple or to another holy place. Most of the night is thus spent in singing and dancing. When | hear the tunes of kirtan coming from far away villages, 1am reminded of an Old Testament scene: ''David and all the House of Israel danced before Yahweh with all their might, singing to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals.'' (2 Sam 6, 5). When King David brought back the ark of God, he was filled with spiritual joy, so that he, wearing but a loincloth, whirled before the ark of God, praising God in jubilation. He forgot to show his royal dignity and became a child before God, the Father.

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