India, one of the oldest civilizations around the world, is the country with a long history of almost 5000 years and extremely complex social structure. The country contains at least 15 major languages, hundreds of dialects, several major religions, and thousands of tribes, castes, and subcastes. With a large proportion of the population being located in rural areas, farming is the largest source of employment; for hundreds of millions of people, this means subsistence farming on tiny plots of land, whether owned or rented. In most parts of the country, some farmers produce cash crops for sale in urban markets, and in some areas, plantation crops such as tea, coffee, cardamom, and rubber are of great economic importance because they bring in foreign money.

Lady rolling dough

Selling fresh fish

Watching friendly the stranger

Stop for fruits

Welding pots

Ladder maker

Selling Bamboo

Fresh Banana delivery

Selling fruits

Young ladies rest and chat

The Sugar Juice Maker and his wife

Temple Elephant

Friends joking

Iron man

Making Tool Sticks

Rice Shop

Schoolgirls

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Many legendary names of jazz first came to South America, traveling 12,000 kilometers, only to attend a festival that takes place in the Uruguayan contryside International Jazz Festival took place Jan. 8-11 at Finca El Sosiego, Punta Ballena, Punta del Este, Uruguay. The festival, which has been held since 1996, is produced and directed by Francsico Yobino. The musical director is Paquito D’Rivera, who will perform. Other performers include Diego Urcola, Grant Stewart, Harry Allen, Gary Smulyan, Scott Robinson, Vincent Herring, Mark Shim, Jeremy Pelt, Donald Vega, Danny Grissett, Luis Perdomo, Bill Cunlife, Alex Brown, Carl Allen, Joe La Barbera, Bill Stewart, Yasushi Nakamura, Pernell Saturnino, Jonathan Blake, Peter Washington, Popo Romano, Nicolás Mora, David Feldman, Trio Corrente and more

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A silhouette is the image of a person represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the whole is typically presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. Taking silhouette photos is a little tricky technique, and it will take some trial. Silhouette photography requires that we use pure back lighting. The basic idea is that the background will be so bright that it overpowers the foreground.

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