Existing Member?

Village Fair

Travel Photography Scholarship 2012entry

Yet their pride was punctured some 100 years ago by the British when they officially gave them a derogatory name that actually meant: those who split their enemies in half. The heritage tribe petitioned Government of India to accept their traditional name: Nyishi, and till that happened, they felt culturally imprisoned and quite miserable.

INDIA | Thursday, 15 November 2012 | Views [266] | View Larger Image

Yet their pride was punctured some 100 years ago by the British when they officially gave them a derogatory name that actually meant: those who split their enemies in half. The heritage tribe petitioned Government of India to accept their traditional name: Nyishi, and till that happened, they felt culturally imprisoned and quite miserable.

Tags: second photo, culturally imprisoned


< previous
2 of 5
next >

Photo Galleries

Where I've been

My trip journals