Holi Festival

Another shot from the Holi Festival. During the party in Pushkar, the t-shirt was an optional extra... you had to take it off otherwise they would have literally tore it off, reducing it to shreds and throwing it into the air... this is what happened to me too.

This is an important meeting point in Pushkar, the square just right in front of the lake, where people and animals gather all together.

How many of these vendors squatted in these small wooden carts will you meet on the Indian streets? Think that they spend all day long "trapped" in there in that position for me absurd, it makes me feel pain to my back, legs, and every muscle possible. Nevertheless seeing them, they make it seems so natural.

Indian children are the most energetic and lively I've encountered so far. You can see them run and jump everywhere, always trying to talk to you and practice English. It seems that shyness does not exist... and if by chance you find yourself with a camera in my hands, they will almost compete to have their picture taken.

The Holi Festival is an annual Hindu festival to wish a happy and prosperous year. The color is synonymous of happiness and everybody in town is colored from head to toe..

Swini Gautam