These village safaris are very popular in the Jodhpur area. I assume all tours leave a nice tip when they leave, so the villagers don't mind the interruptions so much? We had a tipping kitty that we all contributed to & Dev decided how much to leave & when & to whom. He then gave it to one of us to offer to the villager or local. He made sure we all took turns.
THE BISHNOI: a rural tribal group, are a Hindu sect founded in the Punjab, who follow the teaching of Jambeshwar, a 15th-century sage & religious
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Our jeeps
It was a dusty ride at times but it was a great way to travel this area. It...
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OPIUM VISIT - thorn tree fence
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close up
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Cow patties drying in the yard
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Typical mud hut with thatch roof
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Another one
with thorn tree fence.
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Another compound with mud wall.
Note the pump & round water jugs in the yard.
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A square hut
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One room of the hut we visited
Looks like a kitchen?
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Drawings on the walls
much like cave paintings in primitive societies?
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An al-fresco room
This entrance leads to this room >>>
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Maybe the bathhouse?
Note the 2 birds on the wall on the right.
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Sleeping quarters
with charpoys (cots).
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Another kitchen?
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Dishes drying
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The man of the house.
This old fella showed us how he prepared the opium 'tea. The Bishnoi men,...
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He was her grandpa....
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The opium tea apparatus
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If I remember correctly,
the crushed opium in the wooden bowl was mixed with water, then the mixture...
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This is the affable daughter-in-law
with her daughter. Not sure where her husband was, but she comes over...
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POTTER VISIT
We stopped here to visit a potter. These are some of his wares.
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Goats in the compound
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Shaping a pot.
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WEAVER VILLAGE
We visited the Roopraj Dhurry Udyog, an efficient cooperative of 48...
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Roopraj, the coop coordinator,
proudly showed us a three-ring binder full of articles clipped from magazines...
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