Confidence. Pushkar

Best wishes to all of you for 2009 and don't forget to sign up the petition against female genocide in India:

Mischevious. Jaisalmer

Sign the petition:
http://gopetition.com/petitions/stop-female-genocide-in-india.html

Pots. Jodhpur

Fresque III. Nawalgarh

In the Shekawati area, many havelis are in bad conditions, this marvelous architecture with wonderful paintings is left without care.
This painting have been restored.
The owners, belonging to rich families, live in Bombay and are not interested about to spend money in this almost desertic area.
One of them said that he would give his haveli for nothing if somebody would be OK to take it!
This detail come from this haveli:
www.flickr.com/photos/25641154@N00/3130979090/

Une française, Nadine Leprince a acheté et rénové une haveli à Fahtepur:
http://www.aujourdhuilinde.com/actualites-inde-sauver-les-havelis-34.asp?1=1

Ultimate man. Mandawa

In the Shekawati area, many havelis are in bad conditions, this marvelous architecture with wonderful paintings is left without care.Here the wall is used for a painted publicity.

The owners, belonging to rich families, live in Bombay and are not interested about to spend money in this almost desertic area.
One of them said that he would give his haveli for nothing if somebody would be OK to take it!
Une française, Nadine Leprince a acheté et rénové une haveli à Fahtepur:
http://www.aujourdhuilinde.com/actualites-inde-sauver-les-haveli..

Camel fair VII. Pushkar

I don't know why, but they made me think to the velociraptors of Jurassic Park!

Fresque II. Nawalgarh

In the Shekawati area, many havelis are in bad conditions, this marvelous architecture with wonderful paintings is left without care.

The owners, belonging to rich families, live in Bombay and are not interested about to spend money in this almost desertic area.
One of them said that he would give his haveli for nothing if somebody would be OK to take it!
Une française, Nadine Leprince a acheté et rénové une haveli à Fahtepur:
http://www.aujourdhuilinde.com/actualites-inde-sauver-les-havelis-34.asp?1=1

Camel fair VI. Pushkar

Fresque. Nawalgarh

In the Shekawati area, many havelis are in bad conditions, this marvelous architecture with wonderful paintings is left without care.
This painting have been restored.
The owners, belonging to rich families, live in Bombay and are not interested about to spend money in this almost desertic area.
One of them said that he would give his haveli for nothing if somebody would be OK to take it!
This detail come from this haveli:
www.flickr.com/photos/25641154@N00/3130979090/

Une française, Nadine Leprince a acheté et rénové une haveli à Fahtepur:
www.aujourdhuilinde.com/actualites-inde-sauver-les-haveli...

Camel fair V. Pushkar

Used to get water or camel milk.As you can see it, camel people are not fat...according to their food and way of life!

The veil. Pushkar

In rajasthan, traditions are still very living; getting the veil on their face when crossing a man is almost a reflex.

Camel fair IV. Pushkar

Diwali 2008 II. Jaisalmer

Camel fair III. Pushkar

Fingers. Pushkar

Diwali 2008. Jaisalmer

I think i heard this sentence one hundred times and one thousand times the sound of the crackers!
Happy christmas day , everybody! wish it could be life everywhere in the street, as it is in India for diwali...

In wholel Shekawati, many havelis have been builded during the golden perod of caravans. Now, it's the decadent period!!

Camel fair II. Pushkar

Gramin bank day III. Pushkar

Waiting for the monthly credit at the gramin bank gate.
Once a month, the Gramin bank, which created the micro credits idea, opens her gate to the countryside women.
Each of them have a notebook, with what the bank had given, what she gave back.
A long queue all during the morning, and of course, they all come with their more beautiful clothes.

Fist arrived. Pushkar

Some days before the official beginning of the camel fair...

Water. Jaisalmer

The yellow veil. Jaisalmer

Pink lady. Jodhpur

Red and blue. Jaisalmer

Interview and online expo on:
http://www.fill-in.fr/

Street cooking. Jaipur

Interview and online expo on:
www.fill-in.fr/

Trafic. Delhi

Sometimes, in the labyrinth of the busy , crowdy polluted and noisy Delhi chowks, a little bit of the Thousand and one nights...that's what I like to think!

Trio. Delhi

Brother and sister tenderness. Jodhpur

Searching in the streets what can be recuperated among the garbage to sell it to the wholesellers; nevertheless, sparkling eyes...

Moustache. Pushkar

The water tanks, on the camel ground are meeting points, even if the burning sun is really hard..

Carrying. Nawalgarh

Cconnection. Pushkar

Gramin bank day. Pushkar

A wave of women for the one-day-a-month gramin bank's aperture.

Horse dancing. Pushkar

Not only camels at the camel fair...

Flowers. Pushkar

Selling flowers collars in the evening for the temple pujas.

Temptations. Pushkar

The Pushkar fair is not only camels; many sellers come here and especially women have the opportunity to buy all what can enhance their beauty...

Glance. Pushkar

Coming back from the holy lake. Pushkar

Joyfull pilgrim. Pushkar

A l'occasion de Kartik Purnima, la nuit de pleine lune du mois de Kartika, des milliers de pélerins viennent prendre un bain dans le lac sacré de Pushkar, qui serait aussi le seul lieu en Inde ou un temple est dédié à Brahma.

On the occasion of Kartik Purnima, the full moon night of the month of Kartika, thousands of pilgrims come to have a bath in the holy lake of Pushkar, which would also be the only place in India where a temple is dedicated to Brahma.

Daily scenery II. Jodhpur

Indian people use to throw away all kind of rubishes, all along the day; nevertheless a team of dalit take and carry them away. With no gloves...

Proud. Delhi

Night market in Delhi.

Profile. Pushkar

Ladder. Jodhpur

Red. Nawalgarh

Walking chat. Pushkar

Beauty parlor. Pushkar

Decoration is something important for selling camels and for the proudness of the camel people.

The turban. Pushkar

These colored turbans are mostly used during festivals and non ordinary circonstances.

Doors and scooters. Jodhpur

Purple again. Pushkar

Ambivalence of the Rajasthani veil, supposed to hide ...

Rajasthani dancer. Pushkar

During the camel fair, some artistic performances are organised, more or less traditionnal...

Just cleaned for Diwali. Jodhpur

For Diwali , many indian clean their house or shop; some paint the walls...