Peacock Feather Seller from Jaisalmer
It was early in the morning when I met him sitting near the Jaisalmer fort. Wearing a vivid orange turban on his head and surrounded by peacock feathers, he was waiting for his first clients.
I asked him what the price for a peacock feather fan would be, but what I heard was definitely disapointing.
Fortunately, although I bought nothing, he didin’t mind if I took a picture.
- No problem. – he told me, when I asked him to take a photo. – I’m a very famous man.
To prove his fame, he proudly took out from his bag a kind of portfolio and among many other photos and papers he found an old issue of the German magazine “GEO” with his smiling face on the cover!
Mr Kalichran Singh is a licenced peacock feather seller and it’s possible to meet him in Jaisalmer. Probably some of you have met him already.
I have his business card, because I promised that if somebody decided to publish his photo, I would send him a copy for his portfolio.
Little Radha
Probably many of you know who Radha is. For those who don’t recognize her: she is the childhood friend and lover of Krishna, one of the Hindu gods.
I have to admit that I’ve only known her name since yesterday when my Indian friend saw one of these pictures and let me know, that this little girl looks like a little Radha.
Probably she does;)
She is wearing a colourful dress, a lot of jewelry and many adornments on her head. But the reason for this is simpler than you would imagine. Her mother, a Rajasthani Gypsy, dressed her like a little Radha, because she wanted people visiting Jaisalmer to pay more attention to her daughter. And it worked perfectly;)
This little girl is one of the most natural children, I have ever had opportunity to take photos of. She would be able to became a famous model in future, but probably her life will be very different.
Desert Hairdresser
Yesterday, I posted here a photo of a beautiful girl living in a tiny desert village. I also mentioned that I had an opportunity to have my hair done there.
Let me introduce my young desert hairdresser:)
Princess from the Thar Desert
- My wife is the most beautiful woman in the neighborhood. – one of the men from a tiny village situated in the Thar Desert told me. He also wanted me to get to know her, but unfortunately she was very shy so she hid her face with a red scarf.
A moment later I was invited to have a glass of chai with women inhabiting a small mud hut. We were not only drinking tea, but also “talking” and they were incredibly happy when I allowed them to do my hair and put a special decoration on my forehead. I’m not sure when exactly the beautiful woman joined us.
Then, in the women’s company, she definitely felt more comfortable. She was laughing, joking with others and in the end she wanted me to take some photos.
She was beautiful indeed.
Although she didn’t live in a palace, but in an ordinary hut, she looked like a real princess.
3 Postcards: Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Udaipur
After a little break I’m sending three postcards from India.
India, Jodhpur. Woman in one of streets in the old town.
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