2007-08-21

Chennai, India, 1999Photograph by Michael S. YamashitaWomen interrupt a shopping trip to stop and feed a cow in Chennai, India.Because they give sustenance and ask for nothing in return, cows are sacred to Hindus, who view them as symbols of God and Earth. Their revered status allow cows free reign throughout India’s busy streets, where they often stop traffic.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Marco Polo: Journey Home,” July 2001, National Geographic magazine)

印度钦奈的两名妇女在逛街时停下来喂一头母牛。因为母牛给予人们食物且不求回报，其对印度教徒来说非常神圣，被视为神和大地的象征。母牛在印度有着崇高的地位，可以在印度繁忙的街道上随意行动，因此经常阻塞交通。

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