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Locals pray in a ceremony inside their house in Upper Mustang
Locals pray in a ceremony inside their house in Upper Mustang
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Description: An Indian mother is holding her child. It is a common habbit that baby children in India have black colour around their eyes.
Kohl is an ancient eye cosmetic. India's oldest caste, the koli, used kohl as a cosmetic. In addition, mothers would apply kohl to their infants' eyes soon after birth. Some did this to "strengthen the child's eyes", and others believed it could prevent the child from being cursed by the evil eye.

Photo documentary of a small village on the outskirts of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The soul of India lives in its villages, declared M. K. Gandhi at the beginning of the 20th century. Historically, villages were the usual form of community for societies that practise subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. Although many patterns of village life have existed, the typical village was small, consisting of perhaps 5 to 30 families. Homes were situated together for sociability and defence, and land surrounding the living quarters was farmed.
Today's families rooted in a particular village do not easily move to another, and even people who have lived in a city for a generation or two refer to their ancestral village as our village. Indian villagers share use of common village facilities such as grazing grounds, schools, sitting spaces under large shade trees, wells and wastelands.

Photo documentary by Danish photographer Kristian Bertel
http://www.kristianbertel.dk
Keywords: Documentary, Essay, Families, Images, Imagery, India, Journal, Life, Photographs, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournale, Photos, Pictures, Population, Portraits, Reportage, River, Society, Story, Varanasi, Varuna, Village
Date: 25.07.2011 08:37
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