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Portraits of Goan women collected over 15 years of flâneuring. More in my blog post.







Field work - in Anjuna

  Canon EOS 5D Mark III    EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens    200mm    f/5.6    1/1000s    200 ISO    -1.3 EV  







Forest girl - in Khola

  Canon EOS 5DS    EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens    100mm    f/5.0    1/800s    400 ISO    0.0 EV  







Waiting - in Parshem

  Canon EOS 5D Mark II    EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens    82mm    f/4.5    1/80s    100 ISO    0.0 EV  







Farm girl - in Nundem

  Canon EOS 5D    EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens    40mm    f/8.0    1/125s    100 ISO    -0.7 EV  







Flower girl - in Banastarim

  Canon EOS 5D    EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens    55mm    f/4.5    1/40s    100 ISO    -0.3 EV  







Mining clams - in Siridona

  Canon EOS 5D Mark III    Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/50 ZE lens    50mm    f/5.6    1/125s    400 ISO    +1.0 EV  







Fishing - in St. Estevem



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Feb 05, 2023 at 10:49 AM
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Rajan Parrikar wrote:
Portraits of Goan women collected over 15 years of flâneuring. More in my blog post.



These are all excellent portraits Rajan. One thing that I notice is that these Goan women are all wearing very colorful clothing. Is that a cultural preference?

Steve



Feb 05, 2023 at 11:19 AM
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eeneryma wrote:
These are all excellent portraits Rajan. One thing that I notice is that these Goan women are all wearing very colorful clothing. Is that a cultural preference?

Steve

Steve I can make an 1st hand observation about "the colorful" clothing these women are wearing. I make it from my 2 years in SE Asia. The native peoples, The Montangyards, Hmongs peoples wore colorful dress all the time. To distinguish themselves from the "outsiders".These people were treated terribly by both the French and the Vietnamese. They were mountain people and hated the Vietnamese, French and Chinese equally. They wore the colorful dress as part of their culture, survival in the dense jungle(being seen) and a slap in the face of their oppressors!
I doubt this is the case with these Goa'n women. Only Rajan can educate us on that. But the colorful dress is not uncommon in many Countries.
60F tomorrow!
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Dan

Below is an image...it was 1968-1969...not sure when because the film was sent to Kodak and the Return Mailer sent to my home. So It was at least 1 year or 2yrs when this was taken. But definitely 1968-1969 1stTour.

All the native peoples in SE Asia were our allies and welcomed us if we respected them! Just FYI..whenever my team need passage through a village, the team leader would 1st go to the village elder, present him AND his wife with cigarettes, whiskey and other "goodies" to show respect. Candy for the kids! This kindness led to many sources of info not readily available to some American troops.








1968-69 Slide mailed to Kodak for development then Return Address was home.



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Feb 05, 2023 at 12:07 PM
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Rajan, what a fantastic collection! Each and every images is special. Gotta hit the vote button👍🏻


Feb 05, 2023 at 12:22 PM
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eeneryma wrote:
These are all excellent portraits Rajan. One thing that I notice is that these Goan women are all wearing very colorful clothing. Is that a cultural preference?

Steve


Thank you, Steve.

As Dan has correctly observed, people in Southeast engage in colorful wear.

India has a long history of women adorning themselves in vibrant colours. The Hindu Gods & Goddesses are often depicted in colourful robes and sarees. Weddings & festivals are unthinkable without colour and the festival of Holi has colour among its themes. Similarly, the spices and food range over the spectrum. This is not just a Goan thing, but a pan-Indian phenomenon. In fact, in states like Rajasthan in the north, the colours can be a riot.

See this -

https://www.color-meanings.com/color-meanings-indian-culture/


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Feb 05, 2023 at 03:30 PM
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Dan and Parul - thanks much, gentlemen.


Feb 05, 2023 at 03:30 PM
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Rajan Parrikar wrote:
Thank you, Steve.

As Dan has correctly observed, people in Southeast engage in colorful wear.

India has a long history of women adorning themselves in vibrant colours. The Hindu Gods & Goddesses are often depicted in colourful robes and sarees. Weddings & festivals are unthinkable without colour and the festival of Holi has colour among its themes. Similarly, the spices and food range over the spectrum. This is not just a Goan thing, but a pan-Indian phenomenon. In fact, in states like Rajasthan in the north, the colours can be a riot.

See this -

https://www.color-meanings.com/color-meanings-indian-culture/


Thank you Rajan for posting this interesting analysis of color and it's associations in Indian culture. I'm a color guy myself, mostly photographing on the street in color.
Something else I notice about your ladies, Most are barefoot, except one who is wearing flip flops. Is that something that ladies in the countryside prefer?
Steve



Feb 05, 2023 at 07:05 PM
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#3 is just fantastic.


Feb 05, 2023 at 09:11 PM
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eeneryma wrote:
Thank you Rajan for posting this interesting analysis of color and it's associations in Indian culture. I'm a color guy myself, mostly photographing on the street in color.
Something else I notice about your ladies, Most are barefoot, except one who is wearing flip flops. Is that something that ladies in the countryside prefer?
Steve


Steve,

Most of these are rural women, and yes, when working in the fields or forests the practice - for both men & women - is to go barefoot, as Nature intended.

The photos you post I take to the most are those coming out of left field. Like the "Body Evolved" you have going right now.

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Lupin 3rd wrote:
#3 is just fantastic.


Thank you, Lupin 3rd.



Feb 06, 2023 at 04:20 AM
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eeneryma wrote:
Thank you Rajan for posting this interesting analysis of color and it's associations in Indian culture. I'm a color guy myself, mostly photographing on the street in color.
Something else I notice about your ladies, Most are barefoot, except one who is wearing flip flops. Is that something that ladies in the countryside prefer?
Steve

Steve, more FYI..if you look at my post, the girls are also barefoot. Most of the "hill people" of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos went bare foot. Many local Vietnamese also.
Or in some cases, would make "flip flops" out of the broken retreads from military vehicles.
Many of the soldiers from N.Vietnam also went barefoot.

Also did you notice that their houses are built on stilts? The monsoon season can bring raging torrents of water and ground built houses would be lost. Also snakes, rats and other "2 legged" vermine were a problem.

They are a hardy bunch!
Dan




Feb 06, 2023 at 11:17 AM
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All nice but the sixth is fantastic.


Feb 24, 2023 at 06:19 PM
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lumenspixel wrote:
All nice but the sixth is fantastic.


Thank you, Michel.



Feb 25, 2023 at 08:42 AM





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