Tan Dan photos rural life in western Rajasthan from the 1960s to 1981. Phototext on pdf file at the end.
Families of the Satia caste
01 At the Chelana basar.
Satia family with ox cart
02 A newly married couple without oxen.
03
Another nomadic Satia family with their ox cart in the background.
04
The Tilvara cattle fair in the Barmer desert area
Dhanki, a small worker helping her mother
05 A Kalbelia girl carrying fuel wood for the camp sites
Banjara cattle traders that had been pack oxen caravan transporters
06 Banjara cattle traders
07 Cattle trade discussion
08 Banjara way of greeting
09 Uncastrated male cattle
10 Wounded by an ox hoof
Glimpses from the life at the Tilvara mela
11 Going to the mela in early morning
12 The mela flag
13 Bhangi children getting gifts outside the temple
14 Fodder brought to the mela
15 A cartload of fodder for sale
16 The spreadout camp sites
17 A water hole on the Luni river bed
18 A rebari camp site
19 Leather bags with drinking water
Rebari from Sanchor with clothes resembling Toda clothes at Nilgiri Hills, South India
20 A rebari dairy cattle owner
Side business at Tilvara in the 1970s
21 Buying sweets
22 Selling cow bells
23 Weighing hides for sale
24 Selling pottery
25 Barber
26 Ropes and cattle decorations
27 Flutes for sale
28 Metal potteries
29 Sharpening swords
30 Lathi stick shop
Cattle and camels at the Tilvara mela
31 Bharvadi cattle of the Sanchor region
32 Rebari cattle herder watching a kabadi match
33 Nagori ox for sale
34 A newly bought ox pair
35 A Rebari riding a Malani camel
36 Camels fed by their breeder
37 Sellers of fur coat clippers demonstrates the efficiency of their tool
Banjara ox caravan nomads and traders
38 An old banjara pack oxen caravan leader riding on a cow.
39 Two Banjara men moving with their herd of cattle.
Banjaras in pandu clay barter trade in the Chambal valley
40 Weighing pandu against foodgrain
41 Banjara children sitting on a heap of pandu clay
42 Banjara ox caravan traders at the fireplace
Banjaras selling forest gum at Chelana
43 A forehead decoration of Banjara nomads
44 Preparing tea for the whole kinship group
45 Banjara girl dancing in Tan Dan's garden.
46 Her mother
47 Close-up of her mother
48 Tattoo decorations on her mother's leg
Two boys at the Tilvara mela
49 Banjara boy going to the mela by bus
50 A Banjara boy with folk godess amulettes around his neck.
A photo text file. Here are more information about the photos above:
phtext-1-50-fr-130-file-n-gall-for-file.pdf
A photo collage of photos 51 to 136
collage-3-photos-1-50-fr-130-file.pdf
This is a kind of photo collage of the photos above. For a quick comprehensive view and to stimulate curiosity. The order is at random, but the result is quite nice, I think. I have just copied the photos in the folder on a Word document and made a pdf file out of it. Very easy, but based on a technique beyond my control, hence the random order of the photos.
There are links to other Rajasthani photos on Home page.