Connivence. Pushkar

Women togrther, so mischevious!

The veil. Pushkar

Moving for the night. Pushkar

The sun is setting, time for the camel men to drive the cattle behind the hill.

Life in red. Udaipur

Just behind a small temple, in a corner, two little girls spending time.

So smiling. Pushkar

She was one of the pilgrim in Pushkar during the camel fair, so much smiling in her face...

King kong. Delhi

Pilgim. Pushkar

The musician. Pushkar

Walking in the crowdy streets pf pushkar during the camel fair...

Milking. Jaisalmer

Head in the sky. Delhi

Laundry. Udaipur

The lake palace, on left side, is the place where a part of "Octopussy" the famous J Bond movie have been filmed.
No change we couls see since this moment, except in the touristic restaurants which perform the movie everynight to attract the foreigners.
i suppose the J Bond girls did not made their laundry in the lake...

La discrète. Udaipur

Fingers are really important when you perform Bharata Natyam dance, but not only for dancing, as you can see in this image of an ordinary woman in a daily life market scene.

Chandni chowk. Delhi

DO you feel how hard can be this work among bicycles, rickshaws, motorbikes,sidewalkers and when your customer put all he can on your chariot, without any care about the weight?

Jewels. Pushkar

Street scene. Delhi

Chowri chok, daily life...if you want a brand new skirt...

Glances. Pushkar

Thoughts. Pushkar

Choosing. Pushkar

For the tika on the forehead you can apply some red powder with your finger or buy some little jewels which can be putted on the skin; it's more feminine. After the puja and bath in the holy lake, women like to spend time in the fair and buy some little things to enhance their beauty; universal occupation, I guess.

Eyes. Pushkar

Camel man. Pushkar

Evening time, let's go to a quiet place to spend the night...

The frightening tiger. Udaipur

I am just kidding, these girls were rather mischevious than frightened! Playing with the photographer a kind of hide and seek game.
The tiger is painted on a temple wall.

Jain cooking. Udaipur

I have been invited in the house of a jain family; they don't eat any meat , egg..;
About the vegetables they only use the aerian part of them, what is growing in the ground is considered as unpure, as onions, garlic, potatoes...
When I leaved, her husband said me: "i hope you will stop eating meat when you will be back in your country".
I didn't.,

Thirsty. Pushkar

Enjoy! Pushkar

I stayed a moment close to this Coca-cola publicity, waiting for an opportunity. One of the images I did there was this arrival of two young gipsy ladies walking by...

Portrait. Pushkar

Phoning. Pushkar

Mobile and traditionnal heavy silver or gold jewels for these villagers. That's the eal India...

The farmer. Pushkar

Tika. Pushkar

The pilar. Pushkar

Among the crowd in the entrance and exit of the ghats.

Villagers at the market. Udaipur

Buying some vegetables. Udaipur

Inside the old part of Udaipur, a daily life scene, the vegetables seller bargaining with some customers. After, she will put back the basket on her head, and stop behind the next houses.

Banana? Pushkar

Pilgrims feed the monkeys as well as cows, pigeons...we are at the entrance of the ghats.
The shot was not easy, burning sun on the pavement and shaddy mood in the street...

Villager. Pushkar

The typical gesture they use to do with their fingers to look at something, keeping the veil on their forehead.

Cubist temple. Pushkar

In Chittorgarh,Udaipur you can see temples like this dedicated not gods but to Rajput famous warriors.
In the collective memory, these war heroes are very important , even actually, as symbols of resistance against invaders.

The old woman and the cat. Udaipur

Happy diwali. Jaisalmer

Crowdy. Pushkar

For kartik Purnima (full moon), at the end of the Pushkar camel fair, so many pilgrims come to take a bath in the holy lake, that sometimes, there are moments of panic, everybody pushing to get out off the moving crowd; children are crying and people try to keep the contact with the other members of the family in anyway, hands on shoulders for exemple...

Ringing the bell. Pushkar

Before or after the puja or the bath in the holy lake, devotees use to ring the bell at the ghat entrance.

The bargain. Pushkar

During the camel fair, selling, buying, exchanging camels...

Gramin bank day IV. Pushkar

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.
Just one thing; why the gramin bank trust more women???

A fairy world. Pushkar

Dark eyes. Pushkar

Contre-jour. Pushkar

Just after the bath in the holy lake, for kartik purnima.

The glance. Pushkar

Veiling. Pushkar

Posted during a Mc Donalds breakfast!!!! Actually out of connection...
Paradoxe qui fait de ce geste de pudeur traditionnellement ancré chez ces femmes quelque chose de fortement chargé de sensualité.

Moustaches and turbans. Pushkar

The camel fair is an opportunity for men to meet up and chat, and they do it!

At the temple. Pushkar

With all the clothes she needs in the bag on her head to change after the bath in the holy lake.

Feeding and decorating the holy cow. Pushkar

Fortress gate. Jaisalmer