My India trek Nov 1973 - Feb 1974 - John van der Woude www.jvanderw.nl introduction |
Mercara
(Madikeri, Kodagu district)
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![]() All photos: the yearly feast of the Coorgs in Mercara (1200 m a.s.l.; northern Nilgiri mountains), on the 16th of December 1973. |
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![]() The arrival of the dignitaries. General Cariappa in the middle of the above photo. After the ceremony he showed me his estate. |
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![]() The stick dance. |
![]() ^ The only music during the dance was this drum. The far-reaching beat (with the right hand) was given a buzzing sound with the bow-with-snare in the left hand. |
![]() ^ The youngest at the end of the stick dance queue. |
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![]() Towards the end of the ceremony there was a dance by women, accompanied by the song of the two ladies in the middle. |
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![]() Dancing and singing after the ceremonies. |
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![]() ^ Mercara's bus station at that time. |