India a land of many colors!
If you are looking for the Jan. PVQA BOM scroll down past India and it should be there. Well, I'm back from India and one of my strongest impressions is what a colorful country! These displays of pigments just knocked me out they were so vivid! When mixed with coconut oil they are applied for body paint. They are also used for this crazy festival where everybody goes around throwing paint balls at each other?! The textiles were wonderful, and varied, beautiful silk Sarees and scarves, great clothes but I did not see much suitable cotton for quilting. The houses are painted as brightly as the pigments... And the boats... The actors... The temples... Even the food! Sadly this is as close as I came to seeing a tiger, but I saw lots of other cool animals like these monkeys... And some elephants and lots of birds that I was never quick enough to get pix of. But mostly what ...