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  • Silver smith at work<br />
Artist's Union<br />
Ulaanbaatar<br />
Mongolia
    95134_Silver_smith_at_work.jpg
  • Silver Argiope Spider (Argiope argentata)<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Occurs commonly in the Arid zone. It sits on its web and usually has an x-shaped design.
    1G6874_Silver_Argiope_Spider.tif
  • Silver Argiope Spider (Argiope argentata)<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Occurs commonly in the Arid zone. It sits on its web and usually has an x-shaped design.
    1G6874_Silver_Argiope_Spider.jpg
  • Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River basin and in the Rupununi and Oyapock Rivers in South America as well as in still waters in Guyana.
    1RW11 Silver Arowana.jpg
  • Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River basin and in the Rupununi and Oyapock Rivers in South America as well as in still waters in Guyana.
    1RW9 Silver Arowana.jpg
  • Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River basin and in the Rupununi and Oyapock Rivers in South America as well as in still waters in Guyana.
    1RW10 Silver Arowana.jpg
  • Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River basin and in the Rupununi and Oyapock Rivers in South America as well as in still waters in Guyana.
    1RW19 Silver Arowana.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150929_Gastrotheca_plumbea_34.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150929_Gastrotheca_plumbea_26.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150929_Gastrotheca_plumbea_19.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_39.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150219_Gastrotheca_plumbea_15.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_72.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_58.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_65.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_52.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_47.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_39.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_27.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_19.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_30.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150213_Gastrotheca_plumbea_2.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150213_Gastrotheca_plumbea_11.jpg
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_179.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_140.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_136.tif
  • Mongolian saddle<br />
Mongolia
    89804_Mongolian_saddle.tif
  • Mongolian saddle<br />
Mongolia
    89807_Mongolian_saddle.jpg
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_173.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_173.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_175.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_165.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_153.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_163.tif
  • Indian woman in market<br />
Maria Antonia Morocha<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_woman_in_market_147.tif
  • Tiger Catfish (Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Major rivers of north-eastern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil.
    1RW1595 Tiger Catfish.jpg
  • Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Canopy and borders of foothill forest and woodland on the w. slope of the Andes and the coastal cordillera. Range from Panama through Colombia to Ecuador
    MND515 Silver-throated Tanager.jpg
  • Southern or Silver-grey Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)<br />
Steeple Jason. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
This is a non-breeding visitor from Antarctica.<br />
The Jasons (Grand and Steeple) are a chain of islands 40 miles (64km) north and west off West Falkland towards Patagonia. Steeple is 6 by 1 mile (10Km by 1.6km) in size. From the coast the land rises steeply to a rocky ridge running along the length. <br />
This island has the largest Black-browed Albatross colony in the world with 113,000. The island is owned by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)
    SJ1214 Silver-grey Fulmar.jpg
  • Southern or Silver-grey Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)<br />
Steeple Jason. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
This is a non-breeding visitor from Antarctica.<br />
The Jasons (Grand and Steeple) are a chain of islands 40 miles (64km) north and west off West Falkland towards Patagonia. Steeple is 6 by 1 mile (10Km by 1.6km) in size. From the coast the land rises steeply to a rocky ridge running along the length. <br />
This island has the largest Black-browed Albatross colony in the world with 113,000. The island is owned by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)
    SJ1215 Silver-grey Fulmar.jpg
  • Southern or Silver-grey Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)<br />
Steeple Jason. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
This is a non-breeding visitor from Antarctica.<br />
The Jasons (Grand and Steeple) are a chain of islands 40 miles (64km) north and west off West Falkland towards Patagonia. Steeple is 6 by 1 mile (10Km by 1.6km) in size. From the coast the land rises steeply to a rocky ridge running along the length. <br />
This island has the largest Black-browed Albatross colony in the world with 113,000. The island is owned by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)
    SJ1215 Silver-grey Fulmar.jpg
  • Siver-beaked Tanager<br />
Ramphocelus carbo<br />
Manu Cloud Forest, Manu National Park  PERU.  South America<br />
Range: Colombia to Argentina
    111745 Silver-beaked Tanager.tif
  • Park Ranger, Dwarka Singh mist netting Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY1050 Park Ranger mist netting.jpg
  • Park Ranger, Dwarka Singh mist netting Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY1048 Park Ranger mist netting.jpg
  • Park Ranger, Dwarka Singh mist netting Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY1062 Park Ranger mist netting.jpg
  • Park Ranger, Dwarka Singh mist netting Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY1076 Park Ranger mist netting.jpg
  • Rabari woman with baby in swinging bed. She is wearing her everyday dress and jewellery. Rabari is a term used for tribal cattle herders. Jewellery is their wealth and they never take it off. They have very ornate earrings and large silver bangles and plastic upper arm bracelets.  These used to be made of ivory - some of the older woman still have ivory & silver overlayed bangles. Many of the Rabari woman have ornate tatoos on their faces, necks, chests and arms. Designs such as peacocks and other religious symbols are usually done during festivals when the tatoo artists come to town. The Rabari men too wear heavy ornate earrings.<br />
Gujarat. Rann of Kutch. SW INDIA
    IND4042 Rabari woman & baby.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2410_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2443_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2687_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Women wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2879_Women_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Rabari woman with baby in swinging bed. She is wearing her everyday dress and jewellery. Rabari is a term used for tribal cattle herders. Jewellery is their wealth and they never take it off. They have very ornate earrings and large silver bangles and plastic upper arm bracelets.  These used to be made of ivory - some of the older woman still have ivory & silver overlayed bangles. Many of the Rabari woman have ornate tatoos on their faces, necks, chests and arms. Designs such as peacocks and other religious symbols are usually done during festivals when the tatoo artists come to town. The Rabari men too wear heavy ornate earrings.<br />
Gujarat. Rann of Kutch. SW INDIA
    IND4042 Rabari woman & baby.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2411_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery washing her clothes in her doorway. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2447_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2667_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery outside traditional sand stone houses of Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2600_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery outside traditional sand stone houses of Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2599_Woman_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Women wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2878_Women_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Women wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2870_Women_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Women wearing their traditional sarees and silver jewellery. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2884_Women_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Devotee drinking from the milk bowls with the rats. Karni Mata Temple. Deshnoke Rajasthan, INDIA (THE RAT TEMPLE)<br />
Karni Mata is the patron goddess of the Maharajas of Bikaner. The most famous Rajasthani incarnation of Devi (The Mother Goddess) is Karni Mata, who lived for 151 years. The 15th century miracle worker could not revive the only son of a distraught Charan couple who came to her for help. Yama, the Lord of Death told her that the boy had already been reborn. So Karniji degreed that henceforth all dead Charans would be reborn only as sacred kabas (rats) in her temple to escape Yama's clutches and reincarnated into humans at her command. The temple is populated by rats who are fed on the offering of the devotees which include milk, grains and sweets. The temple itself is superbly carved in white marble with heavy silver gates. The entrance has rat carvings all around the doorway.
    IND2734_Devotee_in_Rat_Temple.tif
  • Karni Mata Temple. Deshnoke Rajasthan, INDIA (THE RAT TEMPLE)<br />
Karni Mata is the patron goddess of the Maharajas of Bikaner. The most famous Rajasthani incarnation of Devi (The Mother Goddess) is Karni Mata, who lived for 151 years. The 15th century miracle worker could not revive the only son of a distraught Charan couple who came to her for help. Yama, the Lord of Death told her that the boy had already been reborn. So Karniji degreed that henceforth all dead Charans would be reborn only as sacred kabas (rats) in her temple to escape Yama's clutches and reincarnated into humans at her command. The temple is populated by rats who are fed on the offering of the devotees which include milk, grains and sweets. The temple itself is superbly carved in white marble with heavy silver gates. The entrance has rat carvings all around the doorway.
    IND2702_Karni_Mata_Temple.tif
  • Coal iron outside traditional sand stone houses of Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2612_Coal_iron.tif
  • Women working an 'ironing lady'. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2828_Woman_of_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Women working an 'ironing lady'. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND2827_Woman_of_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman wearing their traditional dress with baby. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Heavy ankle bracelets are common as well as nose rings and silver bangles.<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
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  • Hani child and domesticated water buffalo used for ploughing the rice paddies. Hani Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. CHINA<br />
Hani are found in the following Prefectures: Simao, Lincang, Xishuangbanna, Yuxi, Honghe, Baoshan, Dehong, Chuxiong and Lijiang.<br />
This is the dominant ethnic group in the highlands of Ailaoshan and the people who built most of the terraces. They belong to the Tibeto-Burman language group. Their two-story houses are built with mud brick and an added thatched shed onto the flat roof forms a distinct shape - called Mushroom houses. Their villages are built above the terraces. Each village selects a man to be the Guardian of Channels, who is in charge of checking the  flow of the main irrigation channel, cleaning it of debris and overseeing the post-harvest repairs. He also determines the amount of water to be allocated for other areas and for all members of the community. To guarantee that every family in the village receives a fair share of available water thus demands a high degree of cooperation among its residents. This outlook has instilled a stong sense of solidarity among the Hani and sharing has influenced their notion of hospitality. Their ethnic pride is visible  in the preference the women have for donning their traditional costume. The woman wear indigo and black trousers and jackets with silver coin buttons. They wear head bands decorated with coins and yarn hanging down the back.  The children up until the age of 6 years wear very decorated outfits and their hats are strewn with coins and chains.
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  • Rabari man wearing his everyday dress which usually includes a white turban, Dhoti (fabric tied into pants) and taylored white jacket and jewellery. The Rabari men often wear heavy ornate earrings and sometimes necklaces. Rabari is a term used for tribal cattle herders. Jewellery is their wealth and they never take it off. The women have very ornate earrings and large silver bangles and plastic upper arm bracelets.  These used to be made of ivory. Many of the Rabari woman also have ornate tatoos on their necks, chests and arms. Designs such as peacocks and other religious symbols are usually done during festivals when the tatoo artists come to town.<br />
Gujarat. Rann of Kutch. SW INDIA
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