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The head of my Desert Ship  
   

The head of my Desert Ship

I think I heard someone calling camels ships of the desert, and I understand why.. Very smooth up and down movements, much like a relatively calm open sea. (Except for when my guide decides to tease me and make the camel gallop! woa!)
3rd, and very late update...

May 11th 2006
OK – so how to summarize 3 months of fieldwork and experiences in India? A task I find near impossible now that I'm starting this 3rd and very late letter. So what has happened? I have experienced some major swinging of my psyche, I have thrown Malinowskis rules about fieldwork into the toilet, I have attended the most crazy and ecstatic ritual so far in my life, I have finaly seen a little ... read more
Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Velankanni

Indian Flag The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
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