They make colourful decorations! :) I was wondering if they're hanging there waiting for someone to buy them, or hanging there as part of some festival?
As a child I used to collect dolls in national costumes from around the world ( even though I hadn't actually travelled to the countries ) :)
Those are puppets actually, made mostly by puppet-makers in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Since children have mostly taken to more 'high-tech' forms of amusement nowadays, the art is dying, except for the few that are sold for the purpose of decoration.
They make colourful decorations! :)
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if they're hanging there waiting for someone to buy them, or hanging there as part of some festival?
As a child I used to collect dolls in national costumes from around the world ( even though I hadn't actually travelled to the countries ) :)
Those are puppets actually, made mostly by puppet-makers in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
ReplyDeleteSince children have mostly taken to more 'high-tech' forms of amusement nowadays, the art is dying, except for the few that are sold for the purpose of decoration.
This was at a handicraft fair near where I live.
I love fairs! And hand-made art! And any combination between the two of them.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I would like to see more photos of an this Indian fair. Did you take any close-up photos of the hand-made products?
I didn't shoot too many this time, but I'll share an album from a previous year's fair with you.
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