Search for: [Description = "Photography \(scan from a slide\). Fragment of a tribal feast of Bhils dedicated to the goddess Gauri. Festival lasts for about 40 days and takes place during the rainy season. Every day a group of men from the tribe dancing in the next village. Culminating holiday in this region is in the suburbs of Udaipur and there are a few hours of dancing and playing a scene from tribal mythology, the most of them connected with life of a deity Rai Budiya. At the end of the procession holy figure of the goddess Gauri is thrown into the water. In the picture one of the actors\-participants in the ceremony. In the foreground are sitting elderly people sitting in the center and supporting fire. Between them lies a chain \(hangar\), which the actors use to strike the body during a trance. Two other actors adorned in green leaves with a spear and a bow play one of the episodes of the mythology of the Bhil tribe. It is a story showing scenes of hunting. In the background you can see the audience \- kids sitting around the center and actors"]

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