Photos by Son Lal of Durga Dan Ratnu family at Chelana in the years from 2003
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01 Durga Dan Ratnu
02 Two of his children, Kanchan and Lalu
03 The goat of the family, kept for milk.
04 Durga Dan's wife Jamna Kanvar, working with cotton.
05 Durga Dan's family at their house yard. Five of the six children. The eldest daughter lived at her in-laws.
06 Charan relatives in the village on visit.
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08 Durga Dan at the Karni Mata worshipping shrine of the house.
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12 Jamna at the handmill
13 Kanchan earned some money by tailor work for others.
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15 Durga Dan's daughter Sima cutting fuel wood from thorny bush.
16 Her elder sister Santosh cleaning food utensils with fine sand, not water.
17 Shining plates and pots. Santosh is handicapped by polio
18 Lalu with his niece Puja, the daughter of Durga Dan's eldest daughter Chanda
19 Durga Dan's house
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21 Durga Dan's eldest son Chalak Dan,Kanchan and their mother at a worshipping ritual
22 Sima at her school home work
23 Santosh, too, with her niece sleeping in her lap
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30 Jamna cleaning grain by separating occasional pebbles and husk. That is why she wears glasses.
31 Durga Dan writing
32 Durga Dan writing stories in Marvari.
33 Durga Dan makes a new wooden handle and knob for the handmill.
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36 The house yard floor will get a new coating of cowdung slurry
37 Jamna spreading the slurry of water, cowdung and fine sand.
38 Mixing sorghum flour and butter milk for making rabodi pasta
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41 The rabodi slurry will be boiled in this vessel
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48 Boiling work finished
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51 The rabodi is spread on plastic sheets up on the roof for drying
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56 The cattle share the leftovers, but the pig has to wait for his turn
57 Durga Dan's house to the right
58 Rajput visitors get drinking water from Durga Dan's wife
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61 Birds exploring the possibility to make a nest in Durga Dan's turban
62 Chalak Dan's student Kiran dances in Durga Dan's angan on a festival day.
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65 Many spectators including Chalak Dan
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69 The first monsoon rain of the year
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76 Durga Dan's eldest daughter Chanda makes raksha bandhan ornaments for her two brothers.
77 Chanda and her daughters to the left. To the right Santosh busy with her school work.
78 Divali night celebration at Durga Dan's home
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