They’re Dancing in the Streets
Posted in India on 03/02/2009 04:48 am by James
Friday evening, and we’re gradually aware of the sound of distant drumming and cheering. It gets louder and louder as the procession approaches our apartment – and finally a throng of musicians, dancers, family members and three children on a horse comes into view.
The music accompanying this coming-of-age ceremony is a strange blend of India and (I would say) New Orleans, with the clarinetist and drummers leading the troupe.
Meanwhile, the male members of the family indulge in an acid-house-style rave whilst simultaneously – along with your photographer – dodging the hurtling auto-rickshaws, whose drivers give little quarter despite the occasion.
More pics on Flickr.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Happy to see the Pearce Blog back in action!! I was starting to wonder if you’d wandered into those Western Ghats (still not sure what they are, geography degree or no) and never come back out!! Lovely pics….Keep em coming!!