Sacrificial Dance in Mana |
alakananda ganga pre-monsoon | alakananda ganga monsoon | sacrificial ritual | sacrificial ritual | After the dance is over, everybody is knocked out. | The next day they're dancing again. | mana village | mana village | sarasvati ganga | . | alakananda ganga monsoon clouds |
Mana is the last village on the Indian side of the border. Two arms of the Ganges meet here. The temple of Badrinath is four km away by road. It is summer. Clouds tower in the sky and the monsoon is about to brake loose. The villagers meet and celebrate. |