Manali village. Slate roof, timber balconies, stone paved courtyards. Gourds climbing on to roofs. In 1970 Old Manali and most villages looked like this. By the 1980s access to new building materials meant rapid change in locations with road access.
All of these are taken from colour transparencies. They are of ceremony around Hadimba temple in at the old mela ground in Dhungri forest. A romantic setting, so colourful on all colour with the dark and mysterious forest. At this time we were living at Duff Dunbar above the temple. The ceremonies would last for several days. It usually began in the evening with an arresting drum beat and trumpet calls, that I found irresistible. The meeting of the ‘deotas’ and the ‘rath’ could sometimes be tempestuous. As the day wore on the dancing became more vigorous and would often last into the night. The man who had removed his top is xxx of becoming a ‘gaur’ oracle of the ‘devi’. The man behind him is ready to support him if the ‘devi’ so possesses him that he cannot stand.
All of these are taken from colour transparencies. They are of ceremony around Hadimba temple in at the old mela ground in Dhungri forest. A romantic setting, so colourful on all colour with the dark and mysterious forest. At this time we were living at Duff Dunbar above the temple. The ceremonies would last for several days. It usually began in the evening with an arresting drum beat and trumpet calls, that I found irresistible. The meeting of the ‘deotas’ and the ‘rath’ could sometimes be tempestuous. As the day wore on the dancing became more vigorous and would often last into the night. The man who had removed his top is xxx of becoming a ‘gaur’ oracle of the ‘devi’. The man behind him is ready to support him if the ‘devi’ so possesses him that he cannot stand.
All of these are taken from colour transparencies. They are of ceremony around Hadimba temple in at the old mela ground in Dhungri forest. A romantic setting, so colourful on all colour with the dark and mysterious forest. At this time we were living at Duff Dunbar above the temple. The ceremonies would last for several days. It usually began in the evening with an arresting drum beat and trumpet calls, that I found irresistible. The meeting of the ‘deotas’ and the ‘rath’ could sometimes be tempestuous. As the day wore on the dancing became more vigorous and would often last into the night. The man who had removed his top is xxx of becoming a ‘gaur’ oracle of the ‘devi’. The man behind him is ready to support him if the ‘devi’ so possesses him that he cannot stand.
