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Modernising religion

Hare Krishnas are an ancient sect. Followers of said sect still dress in old fashioned togas and sandles and do their hair in funny plaits when they go on singing and dancing sprees through the streets of modern cities. They also make stickers that say “smile” and run vegan restaurants. So they’re not completely stuck in the past. They’re not the Hindu equivalent of the Amish by any stretch of the imagination – and here’s photographic proof that they’re moving along with the times – at least in terms of musical accompanyment to said singing and dancing… They have embraced the piano accordian – some 80 years after the piano accordian was mainstream…