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  • Young Kalbeliya Gypsy dancer, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India..The Kalbeliya Gypsy people are known as the snake charmer caste. The women are skilled dancers and are accompanied by men playing percussion and wind instruments. The Kalbeliya were once hired to entertain great kings and maharajahs. Today they are sadly considered to be squatters and experience much discrimination. They struggle to preserve their culture and dances. They follow Indian fairs and festivals hoping to get hired to perform dances in hotels and private resorts..Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com
  • Young Kalbeliya Gypsy dancer, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India..The Kalbeliya Gypsy people are known as the snake charmer caste. The women are skilled dancers and are accompanied by men playing percussion and wind instruments. The Kalbeliya were once hired to entertain great kings and maharajahs. Today they are sadly considered to be squatters and experience much discrimination. They struggle to preserve their culture and dances. They follow Indian fairs and festivals hoping to get hired to perform dances in hotels and private resorts..Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com
  • Kalbeliya Gypsy, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India..The Kalbeliya Gypsy dancers simulate the movement of the cobra..The Kalbeliya Gypsy people are known as the snake charmer caste. The women are skilled dancers and are accompanied by men playing percussion and wind instruments. The Kalbeliya were once hired to entertain great kings and maharajahs. Today they are sadly considered to be squatters and experience much discrimination. They struggle to preserve their culture and dances. They follow Indian fairs and festivals hoping to get hired to perform dances in hotels and private resorts..MODEL RELEASED.Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com
  • Kalbeliya Gypsy, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India.."I am Suresh.?.In Western societies being homeless is shameful. But the Kalbeliya Gypsies are proud of their roots and clan. The photo reveals Suresh?s character, proud, and charming..Although young to be a leader, his clan elected him for his integrity..Excerpt from the Kalbeliya article: The leader shook my hand and said, ?I?m Suresh, come to my home.? We followed him behind a bunch of dried bushes that had been erected as walls. .Excerpt from the Kalbeliya article: His home was nothing more than a couple of old beds covered with old blankets and pierced plastic tarps set in the middle of the desert. Their only protection was a four-foot tall wall of dried bushes. The walls did not really protect them from the wind, but they offered them a little privacy from the dozen or so other clans that lived twenty yards away. No bricks, no adobe, no clay, no wood--there was nothing that looked like a permanent or even temporary home. A bit of earth had been packed in one place to accommodate a small fire pit. A few broken bags on and under the two beds contained all the clan?s belongings..MODEL RELEASED.Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com
  • Kalbeliya Gypsy, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India..Flour chapattis are their main food. Kalbeliya people often cannot afford to eat anything else..The Kalbeliya Gypsy people are known as the snake charmer caste. The women are skilled dancers and are accompanied by men playing percussion and wind instruments. The Kalbeliya were once hired to entertain great kings and maharajahs. Today they are sadly considered to be squatters and experience much discrimination. They struggle to preserve their culture and dances. They follow Indian fairs and festivals hoping to get hired to perform dances in hotels and private resorts..MODEL RELEASED.Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com
  • Kalbeliya Gypsy, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India..Kalbeliya Gypsy women are beautiful. Make-up and exuberant dresses make them stand out from the Indian crowd. It is difficult to imagine that they are homeless people..They use their charm to seduce potential foreign customers into receiving a temporary henna tattoo, attending a dance performance, or just paying them a few rupees for the right to take their photos. The more beautiful they are and feel, the higher they set their fees..Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com
  • Kalbeliya Gypsy, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India..They are low caste and homeless, but Kalbeliya women stand out as the Queens of the desert..The Kalbeliya Gypsy people are known as the snake charmer caste. The women are skilled dancers and are accompanied by men playing percussion and wind instruments. The Kalbeliya were once hired to entertain great kings and maharajahs. Today they are sadly considered to be squatters and experience much discrimination. They struggle to preserve their culture and dances. They follow Indian fairs and festivals hoping to get hired to perform dances in hotels and private resorts..MODEL RELEASED.Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com
  • Kalbeliya Gypsy, Nomadic People of the Rajasthan Desert, Pushkar, India..Dressed in full regalia, Suresh, the Kalbeliya Gypsy group leader is ready to play his Poongi flute..The Kalbeliya Gypsy people are known as the snake charmer caste. The women are skilled dancers and are accompanied by men playing percussion and wind instruments. The Kalbeliya were once hired to entertain great kings and maharajahs. Today they are sadly considered to be squatters and experience much discrimination. They struggle to preserve their culture and dances. They follow Indian fairs and festivals hoping to get hired to perform dances in hotels and private resorts..MODEL RELEASED.Copyright: Jean-Philippe Soule / www.jpsviewfinder.com