REHEARSALS AT THE ORISSI DANCE ACADEMY
Arriving at the Orissi Dance Academy
Rehearsing the Kali Dance with Douglas and Moria
Rehearsing the Plate Dance
Rehearsing Nava Rasa with Arunima (Tinni)
Rehearsing Nava Rasa with Arunima (Tinni) - Special Effects!
"Shanti"
REHEARSALS AT ARUNA’S HOUSE
A light and comfortable room for rehearsing
A very nice house
Lovely landscaping
Outside the gate of Aruna's house
STREET SCENES:
Fruit sellers
Lingaraj Temple, en route to my mardala lesson
Near Lingaraj Temple
Selling garlands of marigolds and cucumbers
A home with laundry and puppies
"Big Bazaar" - a shopping mall
Even Baskin Robbins!
Bird on a bike
Bird on a wire
STREET SCENES WITH COWS:
A cow strolls across the street
A cow near our hotel
Many cows eat garbage
A cow resting in the road. Photographed from a rickshaw.
Sometimes several cows are together
Photo from our Hotel Priya balcony. A cow strolls by.
DOGS, LOTS OF THEM:
Dogs, from the Hotel Priya balcony
A dog sleeping in garbage
Puppies, too
VIEWS FROM OUR HOTEL PRIYA BALCONY:
Directly across
Girl studying on her roof
Wide view
Looking below
Hotel across the street
VISITING SAMBANDH ORGANIZATION:
Five years ago, I visited a wonderful organization called Sambandh that works to establish “Kitchen Medicine Gardens” in local tribal communities, and to teach children their ethnomedicinal plant heritage. I had the privilege of traveling to these communities and talking with children and adults about their medicinal plant knowledge and practices. During this trip, I visited Sambandh’s new headquarters:
Sambandh entrance
Sambandh information
Medicinal seed collection
Sambandh staff members
Medicinal products
MISCELLANEOUS:
Orissa poster
Sarvani and Meena in a clothing shop
A tailor's shop on the road side
Odissi Guru Dr. Minati Mishra, in her 80s, performs at the International Festival
Dr. Minati Mishra is accompanied by renown Guru Bonamali Moharana, my mardala teacher
Meena and Sarvani watching my mardala lesson
VIEWS FROM (AND OF AND IN) A RICKSHAW:
Portrait of a rickshaw
Inside the rickshaw. Lots of us ride together.
Left view
Right view
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