07 January 2009

Woman at Kileswar

Local woman, Kileswar
One of the local women who ran the Maharajah's retreat at Kileswar. During the course of a week, the local people seemed to relax and even enjoy having the strangers around. I felt honoured to receive smiles like these.

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2 comments:

  1. Anne-Marie7 January 2009 at 20:57

    This woman has a great sense of humour - you can see it in her infectious smile. Her eyes are amazing. Such an unusual colour. She reminds me of the old kuia you see on marae some times.

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  2. pohanginapete8 January 2009 at 11:40

    Anne-Marie, yes, and there are some interesting parallels between their respective societies and their roles within them. As for her eye colour, I think in this photo it's actually the colour of the light reflected in her very dark, almost black, irises.

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