Gopal Geela, our friend who plays drums well
The drumming begins. This ceremony takes place in the days preceding Holi. They used to destroy the drums, symbolically breaking the calcifications of wintertime, to welcome the short harvest before the hot summer.
We headed off to another village.
And then another. (Sorry, I don't have the village names. Leave a comment if you would like to supply this essential information).
A Temple visit was in order. This guy kept ranting about how Divya was obviously a Punjabi. We left assuming the entire area would now be shaken with rumours of a Punjabi incursion.
Gopal, the agitator, and Naveen
No village trip would be complete without a wizened old man holding a staff:
Georgie was surrounded.
Wow, man... wow. You are really becomming a great photographer. It isn't easy to take pictures of people like you do. Really, really great stuff.
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