May Day In Kerela latest:I took photography as a profession just to see the world thru my leneses and show it back to the world its real pictures

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Worldwide | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | 5 photos

May Day meant that many of the stores were closed in Fort Cochin, Kerala, a democratic state in India with an elected communist government. As one of the "seams of the seasons," May Day was marked by street rallies and relaxing workers. On this day, I took a ferry from Ernakulum to Fort Cochin in the northern reaches of the Kerala backwaters

In the evening, I attended a Kathakali performance, another Keralan art specialty. Prior to the performance, the artists apply their costume make up on stage. While relaxing Keralan music played and candles adorned the stage, I relaxed as they prepared, slowly, adding mineral stone pigments in coconut oil to their faces--reds, greens, yellows, whites, and blacks.