The view from our hotel. It looked out over a reservoir.
The first village for the day was Ludiya and the people from the Meghwal Marwara tribe.
This young lady was pretty and patient.
An older woman at the door to her home - which doubled as a small store.
Inside the "store" we were offered several different rugs for purchase. All pretty.
We were also offered pillows and other textiles.
All the women wore many layers of bangles.
The artwork on the homes is like the dress designs
Checkout the bangles - they seem very popular
A window surrounded by design
A shelf outside a home
More examples of the designs on the homes.
Welcome
Beautiful designs and colors
Both designs and animals on the homes - peacocks and elephants are popular.
A woman walking with pots - the use of pots and other items balanced on the head would be a
favorite
photograph in the next 10 days.
An elephant on a home
The rare 4-legged peacock
This small goat was tied up at a home - very cute.
The goat then became a star posing with locals
A bell in a small Hindu shrine
Inside a tiny Hindu shrine
I liked the little triangle pillows used to grace the paintings of Hindu deities.
Ganesha in a Hindu shrine
After lunch we visited Ragldi a very small village of Halepotro villagers.
The cows had jewelery
A place for a pot - a shelf?
A village woman
The third village of the day is Bhirandiara where we visited another Meghwal tribe.
Very colorful buildings and doors.
Colorful wall paintings including the peacock - again
A seamstress working on local textiles.
We were very fortunate to have a local band play several songs
Charismatic lead singer for the local group - they had several CDs.
A young boy picks up the drum after the jam session
A talisman hangs on a beam
The ceiling of a house which has been standing for over 75 years - even through the great
earthquake which devastated the area only a couple of years ago.
A colorful clothesline
A young lady herding goats to dinner
A buffalo heard on the way home. We saw the big heard from the bus - stopped - and piled out to
get
pictures of the animals, setting sun, and dust. My attempt is missing the dust.