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Getting water
This village has one well to supply the entire village. People carry the water on carts, bicycles or on their heads.
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Street musicians
These men perform with instruments and puppet horses that they ride, in front of the palace of the winds.
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Hotel dancer
This boy is the son of the doorman at this hotel. He performs for guests in the hotel in the afternoon after school.
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A small village school
These children are attending a small, poor village school. The one room building is dark and dingy so most of the lessons are conducted out of doors.
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A private school
This was a small private school for upper middle class children. We were welcomed with open arms, many smiles and the older girls performed traditional dances for us.
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Temple Wedding
A bride and groom at their wedding in a temple in Chenai. Everyone present in the temple was welcome to join in the ceremony and the feast that followed.
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Palace of winds, Jaipur
The palace of winds is nothing but a facade. It is pierced with many windows behind which women (who could not be seen in public) sat to watch the events in the street below.
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On the ghat
Bathing, praying and doing laundry on the Ganges.
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A greeter at the lakeside palace
This woman greets all visitors to the palace and spreads rose petals at their feet. The palace can only be reached by boat and was used in the Bond film Otopussy.
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The Ghats on the Ganges
People come to the ghats (steps) to bathe, do their laundry, burn their dead, swim and pray. The topmost yellow signs are markers for the high water levels when the Ganges rises. When it does, all of the shops and houses below this level are inundated.
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John Towler has been a member since 10 November 2007 and goes by John430399.
I am a retired Professor of Psychology and have traveled to, lived in and written about more than 60 countries. My articles have appeared in print and electronic magazines in Canada, the USA, Spain, Germany the UK, Australia, and Asia. I am a regular contributor to travel and business publications and an award winning digital photographer. I divide my time between Canada and my home in Spain.
You can also find John at www.spanishvillarental.ca.
