Sentences with phrase «shrine stands»

Pilgrims and tourists alike usually make the walk to the summit of the Tan Vien peak where an 11th sacred century shrine stands in memory of the Mountain God.

A colorful local shrine stands at one end of the market with a statue of the local deity.

Now the shrine stands to give the People of Otsuchi hope to rebuild.

HE caused the earthquake and following tsunami, so that he could leave a shrine standing to show us his great power?

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The most popular of these shrine figures is the Virgin of Guadalupe, a dark - skinned (Indian) Mary whose veneration goes back to 1531.45 A basilica in her honor stands now at the place where she first appeared to a humble Indian, Juan Diego; and hundreds of thousands of Mexicans from all over the nation make pilgrimages there on the edge of Mexico City.

Shrines are not rare — in homes, of course, but also in bus depots, in flower markets, alongside the melon stand, on the highway, and so forth.

Once he goes, for all I care, if it makes the regime happy and the very few who still want him to stay, they are welcome to build their statue, or name a stand after him or worship at his shrine in the stadium concourse.

The circular beds are gone, and nobody stalks the halls in silk pajamas anymore, but the cavernous bar, dark and oppressive, still stands as a shrine to the black arts of bacchanalia.

The days following the Hillsborough disaster, when Anfield became a shrine, and the last stand of the mighty Spion Kop are remembered.

A shrine to the latter fixation stands at the Freud Museum at 20 Maresfield Gardens in London, the home where Freud spent his final year after fleeing Vienna following the Nazi takeover in 1938.

The film is unable to decide whether it's too smart for its audience or a part of its audience — it's in love with overt Hitchcock homage and looming oil portraits of Davison though never sure if it stands as a thriller, a shrine, a melodrama farce, a Theater of the Absurd, or an Oedipal love story.

Yet Kick - Ass isn't a satire so much as a shrine — a celebration of not simply what we love when we go to the movies, but also what the movies inspire us to be on drowsy Saturday afternoons, drunk on Mexican stand - offs, cops and killers acting like brothers, and physics that bend just enough to allow our heroes to run on walls, dodging bullets in their dark sunglasses.

After desecrating the shrine set up in the woods where Merrin's body was found and enduring a drunken one - night stand with Glenna (Kelli Garner), a friendly bartender he's known since childhood, Ig awakens to find horns growing out of his temples.

The Kotohira - gu Shrine stands at the end of a long path halfway up Mount Zōzu, with 785 steps to the main shrine and a total of 1368 steps to the inner shrine.

Behind the wedding party the towering Shinto shrine Meiji Jingu cast a long shadow over the pavilion where we stood, and the stoic couple — the groom clad in black and the bride in a white kimono and wearing the traditional wedding headgear known as the watabōshi — looked impassively forward as the Shinto priest bowed before them, completing a ceremony that dates its roots back thousands of years.

Travel to Nara, Japan's capital during the eighth century and home to many ancient temples and shrines that still stand today.

Phu Quoc Island attractions aren't just limited to its stunning beaches, but extends to historical sites, Buddhist shrines, and fishing villages that have stood the test of time.

Instead of creating a unique narrative and something that stands out from the base game, Nintendo decided to throw in some more memories and 16 more shrines.

The large sculptures stand near the entrances to Asia Society and Park Avenue Armory like komainu, mythical lion - like animal statues commonly placed at the entrance to shrines in Japan as guardians.

step inside and feel surrounded by scroll paintings, sculptures, flickering butter lamps, the scent of incense, and the sound of Buddhist chanting, all to help them imagine the experience of standing inside the shrine room of a traditional Himalayan home.»

According the website, the Shrine room allows visitors to «step inside and feel surrounded by scroll paintings, sculptures, flickering butter lamps, the scent of incense, and the sound of Buddhist chanting, all to help them imagine the experience of standing inside the shrine room of a traditional Himalayan home.»

A group of friends and I are standing in a long line of people waiting to enter a patriotic shrine or public monument.

On Monday night, Parkland commissioners gave unanimous approval to a plan to hold the march at Pine Trails Park, where shrines of teddy bears, balloons, white crosses and stars of David still stand in honor of those lost in the Feb. 14 shooting rampage.