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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Courtyard/Innenhof
All houses in Chandelao have a courtyard, which is a sort of extended living-room. Some people have little wells or rainwaterharvesting-systems in it, they use to cook, do the dishes and other household chores same as gathering, eating and chatting … Continue reading
Lalaram Sen
Lalaram Sen was with 11 years the youngest. The family names indicate very often the caste – so by his name Sen we can know, that Lalaram is from the barbers caste. But I didn’t get any hairdressing photos from … Continue reading
Combing hair/Haarkämmen
As everywhere women with long hair need some time for combing it. But also before going for school one has to have a propper hair-comb! And the children did some nice photos of this daily action. Wie überall brauchen Frauen … Continue reading
Behrupiah
For some days a Behrupiah visited the village. A Behrupiah is a person, who changes his face/has many faces. It means that someone goes dressed as different kinds of personality (milkmaid, Shiva, witch…) through the village and entertains the people, … Continue reading
Camera-Surprise/Kameraüberraschung
For sure the kamerakidz-project lives by the donations of cameras, too. It was very nice to have this year ten different ones so that each child could have each day one and they had the chance to discover a lot … Continue reading
Vegetable/Gemüse
People grow vegetable, but it is not much and not a big variety, so they are happy to add vegetable from the market to their meals. There isn’t much of a market, it is more a man with his cart, … Continue reading
Surender Prihar
Surender Prihar is 13 years old. He lives very close to the school with his kind family. I met his sister on my first day and she did a nice Mehndi on my hand. The family is said to be … Continue reading
Shoes/Schuhe
The children had a liking in taking photos of shoes. And I liked some of them which I show here now. Die Kinder mochten gerne Fotos von Schuhen machen. Und ich mochte einige von diesen Fotos, die ich hier zeige. … Continue reading
