Sugarcane. Pushkar

Chat. Pushkar

Boy and holy cow. Jaisalmer

Laundry. Udaipur

Mother's proudness. Pushkar

Among the pilgrim's crowd, near the ghats and Rama temple.

Through the veil. Pushkar

Silhouettes. Jodhpur

Between the two women, a charpoi (bed).

Vespa and haveli. Jodhpur

Unveiling. Pushkar

Washing. Jaisalmer

Woman's day was yesterday...let's work now!

Sewing the matrass. Bundi

Pastels. Pushkar

Buzy. Delhi

Friends.Khuri

This is the house gate of the young girl on left. They three are friends and you can notice how different clothing they wear.
One wear traditionnal with embroideries little pearls and arms bracelets, the others more contemporary but still close to the traditionnal colors.
Khuri is in the desrt, about 45 km from Jaisalmer; building and decorating houses is the women job, so they have the feminine touch, in decoration as well as in curved architectury.

Portrait. Pushkar

In the garden of her house, in a desert village, Pushkar surroundings. She is from a gypsy family.

Thirsty. Jodhpur

Sometimes in the shady streets of Jodhpur you can feel as if you were watching at one of these Delacroix oriental drawings...

Reading the news. Pushkar

Close to the Nandi (Shiva attribute)at one of the holy lake temple gate.

Saint valentine day. Jodhpur

Something specific with pigeons is that they choose each other for all their life during. Only the death of one of them can separate the couple.

Gods with holes. Jodhpur

Bad smelling. Delhi

In the very busy Chandni chowk. This man on the rickshaw was a little bit delicate, personnaly i was not affected so much by the smelling.
However, i remember once time in Agra, in the pigments chowk where everybody was coughing, sidewalkers, sellers...after a moment I was coughing myself. These wonderful indian colors are not safe, during the holi festival many accidents occure because of them.

The black camel. Pushkar

Which direction? Pushkar

Some of the people who come to the camel fair are from desert villages and are a little bit lost .

The potter's family and temple. Udaipur

One of these traditional family temple in the Rajput area.

Opening the haveli door. Pushkar

Shopping. Pushkar

The camel fair is an opportunity for villagers to buy what they need for daily life, which cannot be found in the countryside.

Empty shop. Bundi

Circus. Pushkar

During the Pushkar camel fair some entertainments are proposed at night to pilgrims, and all the people staying here for the fair.
One man selling tickets and another one wearing the "Scream" mask to attract customers to a circus performance.
A little bit stange to see this mask in such place...

One eye. Pushkar

Getting bored. Pushkar

So borying to wait for customers when you try to sell cheap jewels...

Portrait . Pushkar

In a village , in Pushkar surroundings.

Thinking. Bundi

"I was so pretty a long time ago" could think this old woman, as the beautiful painted dancer. I have been attracted by this scene, parabola of the running time...

The sewer.Bundi

Jewelry. Bundi

Crowdy. Pushkar

So many pilgrims coming out of the ghats after the pujas...

Family. Jaisalmer

Sunset walking. Pushkar

Window in blue. Bundi

Smiles. Pushkar

Beautiful. Pushkar

Encounter. Nawalgarh

Barber shop. Bikaner

Cultural contrast, Bollywood and islam...

Making notebooks. Jaipur

No age to begin working...

Laundry. Udaipur

Lake Pichola and the lake palace.

Glance. Pushkar

Oriental tale. Gwalior

Working hard. Udaipur

Old couple. Udaipur

Old couple looking at the walkersby, protected by a Rajpout warrior.

Working. Shekawati

Chowri showk. Delhi

Kartik Purnima. Pushkar

During the full moon night and morning , pilgrims come to have a bath i the holy lake. All the women can be seen in the crowd, going out of the ghat with their bag on head.