On a visit to Orissa in search of the elusive Dongria Kondh tribe, I chanced upon a weekly market in a remote village called Kakriguma. I was curious about what a flea market in a village populated with mainly tribals would have on display. I knew it would be a difficult experience, what with the summer heat beating down in a place I had no previous experience or limited knowledge of. I was at once captivated by the ladies in their brightly colored sarees and bovine nose rings. The men were nowhere near the charm the ladies exude in these parts.
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Beautiful captures, Shabnam…very vibrant and colourful. And thanks for following my blog, much appreciated 🙂
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Great photos, I just remembered my sons’ photography workshop and he had taken pics of people randomly. I do support his passion though.
Simon
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What a different world you live in from mine in the United States. I hope someday I’ll get to visit some parts of India.
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I have no idea how this looks to an American, there are so many Indias this one is hidden somewhere inside in lesser known place…. wishing you whatever it takes to go wherever your heart desires 🙂 thanks for the visit
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A fabulous gallery Shabnam. The traditional attire is certainly more beautiful…I wish it didn’t hold a ‘backward’ stigma.
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thanks for taking a look, not many people go there
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Beautiful captures! I feel like walking in the market with you. Their clothing and facial jewelry are very unique. Remarkable documentary!
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Thank you Indah for your spontaneous response, am glad you liked it! These people are the unsung heros of our democracy
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Beautiful photographs, Shabnam. Most of them being candid, give you a feeling of being ‘there’, in the midst of all that hustle and bustle!
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Thanks Uday, I was a bit intimidated by the crowds milling around in the narrow aisles and felt I was unable to capture that particular sense of ‘crowdedness’ in long shots. Am glad you feel these portraits seem to convey the hustle and bustle!
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Thanks for this beautiful and memorable window into your world. My best wishes to you 🙂
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Thank you Andrew Seal, wishing you the same. I hope you will be back for part 2 & 3!!!!
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You partrayed these women (and few men) so well, really feels like you´re sneaking into their daily lifes. Very well done! Greetings, Ron
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Thank you Ron, its great to have you visit after a long long time, you are generous with your compliments when you like something so cheers to that!
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You´re very welcome, my friend! Hope everything is going great, and I´ll be around 😉
Have a great weekend!
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Those pictures are just awesome Shabnam!!! I lost track of time…looked at each one of them thrice..and was completely disappointed when I reached the end! Amazing work…more please 😛
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Thank you Kuhu, I really had no idea these would be so popular! I have so many sometimes I worry if the repetition will become boring…. so good to hear your wonderful comment, makes me want to post the next series soon!
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Hi Shabbat , along with these haats try the melas also , this is the season ,many local fairs in Rajasthan n Gujarat, Tarnetar near surrender nagar . Looking forward to more of ur photo stories . All the women in saris only brought back a big chunk of my early childhood in Calcutta . Thku ! Looking forward to more.
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It’s always nice to see street photography from India. More please!
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Thank you for your kind and courteous response, shal do so master!
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Thanks Cardinal for your visit and demand for more, will do the best I can to find more interesting subjects! Fish maybe.
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Such colours ,lov ,laughter ,n beauty can be captured by a lens in an artists hands
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Whoever you are Anonymous, thank you for your wonderful words, I think Imight know you and love you!
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India! that’s were I would love to go.. Beautiful pictures, lovely colors, hope to go soon.
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There are so many Indias let me know before you plan your trip haha! and I hope to visit Morocco before I die though I know its the most photographed place after Italy!
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I definitely will do that. Today I was busy all day preparing indian food, homemade samosa, homemade naan, something with kidney beans, butter paneer masala, aloo jeera, peanut chaat,.. we make indian food every day, since we are vegetarians, so you can image i am so keen on going to india. I also think the most beautiful picture are to be made in india, not morocco 🙂
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wow, come right away, where did you learn to cook all this delicious food!!!! oh no Morocco is my dream!
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Im so glad to have discovered your blog…ur clicks are just amazingly beautiful!
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Thank you feeding the sonis!!! I love your name…. its wonderful to receive such encouraging comments from fellow bloggers, am so glad you saw the beauty in these people… 🙂
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I believe that the hand loom sari that you admire is from Sambalpur, Orissa but saris like that one can be found at any Orissa handloom emporium. Also, the tailors that you show are most likely doing mending of worn out shirts and trousers. I have lived and worked in Orissa for many years designing and producing my own line of clothing there. I love Orissa, known as Odisha today. Sadly, the tribals are truly India’s most marginalized people. Thanks for this wonderful view into their lives.
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Thank you ninagrandiose for your visit and informative comment, in a village like this its hard to find an emporium which is more a city urban thing, I thought I would meet the weavers selling their weaves in an authentic setting…. am glad you liked it
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Great post! Thank you so much for taking us there.
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My pleasure Amy, thanks for dropping by….
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Beautiful ladies, beautiful faces. Very good photography.
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Thank you Bente, you are kind and generous….
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Fascinating photos, I’ve just been transported to a very different part of the world – beautiful and so colourful.
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Thanks Helen briggs, am happy that the photographs managed to convey a sense of this place, alas i had no long shots as the faces drew me into the market rather than the tents under which all this was happenning….
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Great coverage. Almost all parts of India I believe have weekly markets, going under the name ‘haat’. Hope you would continue to cover similar happenings in other areas as well.
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Thanks Ashok for your visit and comment, I will try to document whatever i see but to cover similar haats in a country as vast as ours without commission seems unlikely! To tell you the truth it costs an arm and a leg!
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Yes, I can guess so. Let us hope you will get commissioned by a well meaning organization in the not too distant a future. More power to your camera!
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thank you for your kind wishes… have a great Monday!
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