Vel festival - Black & White series (14)

Posted by Jeremie (Brooklyn, New York, United States) on 28 August 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.

During Vel festival, men subjected to the ordeal become holy men during the time of the procession. Mothers bring their new-born babies for blessing, to place same under a good omen. On this photograph, one of the suspended worshippers blesses a mother by applying a white-ashes dot on her forehead...

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