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Original fileLouisville mayor and mandala (cropped) (cropped)
This is a close-up, cropped portrait of Craig Greenberg, a middle-aged man with dark hair and a wide, open-mouthed smile. He is dressed in a dark jacket layered over a light blue collared shirt. Draped around his neck is a long, white fabric scarf, typically associated with Buddhist khata offerings, which signifies respect and greeting in various traditions.
The image documents a contemporary interfaith event in Louisville, Kentucky, where political figures participate in rituals involving the presentation of traditional Buddhist symbols such as the khata, illustrating the integration of Eastern religious practice into modern civic life in the United States.
Buddhist tradition of the Khata
The white scarf worn by the subject is a khata, a ceremonial scarf used in Tibetan Buddhism to signify purity and compassion.
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