Monday, November 02, 2009

The Ladakh Festival - behind the scenes

We were lucky. The Ladakh festival started off with great fanfare on Sep 1 in Leh and we were just taking a break from our hectic travelling. There is always a huge procession of various tribes and communities belonging to Ladakh on day one and we were lucky simply because the procession started right in front of our guesthouse at Chubi in Leh.All I saw was a riot of colours as everybody was busy getting ready but were willing to pose for a picture. I tried an amateur attempt at creating a video/slideshow of the pictures.Turn on the volume and enjoy .

11 comments:

Phivos Nicolaides said...

Folkors and festivals are part of culture and therefore are always interesting!

AJEYA RAO said...

Amazing! Wers your next trip to?

Anu said...

great pics, lakshmi.... they made me wish i was there too...

Namita Chandra said...

Very colourful! and the song is good in the background

Gargling Garbage said...

Enjoyed the slideshow - the colour, the music, the expressions! :) Waiting for more!

Nomadic Matt said...

great video! will you do more? I think you should do some where you talk...like a travel show!

Jeevan said...

wow! this is wonderful as well as colorful... I loved your composition a lot and there're very good portraits. Thanks for this :)

Mitr Friend - Bhushavali said...

U r lucky to be a part of the ladakh festival dear. Its a place I want to visit atleast once in lifetime... Great... Enjoy..
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Vamsee Modugula said...

Lovely pictures...I miss your writing Lakshmi. It has been a while since you wrote something substantial on your blog.

Ms.Chitchat said...

Amazing pictures. Enjoyed the slide show.

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Priyank said...

beautyy!