MACHO MACHO JEWELRY

DON'T
MESS WITH MEE
no no, i won't i won't... promise
oh deah ! i can't mess with this guy
tough looking
big ear rings
Oooo !




He is a cowherd
Hellow !
Thank you sir
have a good time with your cows
oh nunnoo ! no NOOOO, NOOOOOOOOOOO
oh deah ! No sir, no sir, i am sorry i am sorry
i mean have a good time with your family
hmmmmmmmmm......




GAAAAD ! you gave me a head and a skull but forgot to put something in there
oh this is sweet ! and he is smiling toos !!



This is Kutch, far end of India to my west in the state of Gujrat where Gandhiji came from
Remove the turban and give him round spectacles, you have a Gandhiji there.
He is a shepherd, they all wear Jewelry. Long before it became fashionable for men. i think Gandhiji's ears were pierced too. not sure, have to check.







This is his family, its a macho thing, big turban moustache and ear rings, other jewelry





He has problem with his eyes, i didn't notice while taking pictures, i am half blind anyway, i don't notice things. They are poor people, Even very poor are obsessed with gold in India.



Does he go to school ?
No
i used to feel sad about it, but not anymore, i had a useless education, this boy is learning how to survive in the desert and i can't. Geometry, world war one, world war 2 are so useless. But we repeat our blunders, whats the point in learning our history ?





Another shepherd, he is wearing tiny ear rings.
What do we have here ?



thats me, Never wore any jewelry, wrist watch that i wore 40 years ago was just an instrument
i don't wear it any more, i always look up and know the time
that's how i missed many trains.
gorillas don't wear Jewelry, so i tried a turban,
gorillas don't wear turbans ?
What would i do with Jewelry ?
useless, i can't even eat them when i am hungry
How about hanging a couple of carrots down my ears, i can always pluck and eat them when i am hungry, a bunch of grapes the next day ?
Like always i am sitting by the road side and eating hot jilebees. Sweet they are.



What do we have here ?
OOOO
He is making PAAN for us.
Well, what IS paan ?
Aaarti can tell you, i know what it is but can't explain, she writes beautifully
Aaartidee yenge' dee Nee ? please explain.

oh ! look at the stuff he is wearing ! wow !
smile please
he's a bit shy of his possessions
aaah ! aaaaaah !



deah o deeeah ! This is fantastic !
why are you shy about it ?
i have seen those golden teeth in my childhood, none in my family, we never had gold, we just ate all the money, This is fantastic Wow
You look like a movie star sir !

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !





You can't afford to smile on the streets of Bombay or my City of Chennai
You can get mugged.



Yea yea ! they pulled the wrong tooth in a hurry !
no no that, is my mischief, i painted the tooth in photopaint.

FEEL GOOD

Well ! she is happy wearing those. EOS ! end of story.
Those are not my ears, she feels good wearing them. Ah, she is blushing too. You'd like to see the close up ?? here it is !




Shaven head is fulfilling of a vow
God, give a goverment job to my son, I will offer this much of gold and this much of money to the Thitupati temple and I will shave my head after the pilgrimage. So the son gets a job and mom goes to the temple to fulfill her vow.
A man shaving his head is not a great sacrifice, a woman shaving her head is a big big sacrifice.
So gods, better pay attention to them.

Took these pictures in a temple on the banks of holy river Krishna, where people take a dip,
All rivers are holy in India, taking a religious dip is not just washing away the sins, it is part of nature worship. Where do all the sins go ? They must go somewhere. Sin is not matter, so we cannot apply laws of physics here.





Any way I am going to Banaras on the 10th, where massive washing of sins goes on, people taking a dip in the holy Ganges. Told you all rivers are holy in India. Now I am worried, where do all the sins go ? I am not going to take a dip and get back home with sins of millions sticking on to me, more over ganges is polluted, badly polluted.
I'll be back on the 18th. I'll get you pictures of big time washing of sins.






This post is not about shaving washing detergents or shaving creams. I am not trying to sell you anything. I wanted to write about Indian jewellery. I changed the title as I forgot the spelling of jewllery, jewlry ? jewelry ? one L or 2 L's ? Just pictures, wanted to write about Cotton and silk weaving. I have not been keeping well from past few days, was reckless with food on my recent trip of Andhra by road, it was so tasty and spicy a bit too spicy and too hot, so I had problems. You know what problems.








This is how women dressed in south India in the past. Please remember we have no winter here.
This is my friend Archana, she is a 2 time National award winner for acting.





This is temple Jewelry, Dances were performed only in the temples in the past. please look for 'Devadasi' tradition on the net. It is too painful to write. 'Devadasi' is a property of a temple and was not respected by the society. This tradition has disappeared thankfully. The dances are no longer restricted to temples, and the dancers are respected by the society today.











Jewelry is just to make you feel good. It adds to the beauty. Its more complicated. Sometimes people go wild. Not expensive, Feel good wearing glass or plastic jewelry.










Modern and traditional head gear.



















You don't have to be rich, This is not gold. This lady is selling jewelry on the streets of Jodhpur Rajasthan.




I'll write more on Indian jewelry. there's lots of it. From head to toe. yes toes.
I'll be back on the 18th.
All my love

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