Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Enroute Setrawa Project

Wall hanging done by the Sambhali Trust ,Jodhpur and Setrawa project girls.
Village Fair
Local Men on their Mount.
People have digged sand around the trees for building roads and left little ilands in the thar desert.
Pilgrims to Ramdevra.

Ms.Charlotte with the setrawa project participants with a finished bean-bag.
Femine relief project from goverment, employing local village women to work whole day in sun earning a little money , every summer goverment employes women for labour in return these women get some money which is usefull to them because they have scarcity of water and food when there is no crop and rain.
Everything is dried in the Thar desert, people have started to cut trees to feed their animals, a local village lady on the tree chopping branches to feed the goat below.

twisted waste fabric strings in balls at village fair.

village fair cattle decoration material.
pots,shawls etc village fair.
a local cobbler at village fair under the umbrella.
old fabrics sold in the village fair for people to recycle them,sold very cheap.
Cattle for selling at the village fair.
Few days ago with Ms.Nora a friend from Latvia and a guest from France Ms.Maryline together we went to setrawa, enroute there was a cattle festival,Pilgrims,countryside,femine relief ladies, i have some impressions from the fair and activites on the road to setrawa project.

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