Cotton fair

We read the paper which announces events in the locality and spotted an all India cotton exhibition in Pamjim, the capital. Took a taxi and arrived before the crowds. There were about 100 stalls selling colourful bed sheets, rugs, shalwar kameez materials from Rajasthan and Bihar, embroidered shawls from Kashmir, hand crafted arty jewellery made from jute, and the same again repeated.......

I nearly bought some sheets to be converted to curtains but he didn't have enough of the same colour. They aren't like our sheets but printed with a colourful broad surrounding border and a printed pattern in the centre.

Everything is carefully laid out in neat piles but the vendors have no hesitation in pulling many items from their packaging and spreading them out by billowing them in the air. No one is cross if you don't buy.  I bought some cotton dhurries. 

This man below was selling saris from the Punjab. His white skull cap indicates that he has been to Mecca.