Southern India

Note the numbers of locals barefoot without shoes or sandals.

More dried fish

Fields of tapioca growing in the rear parts of the photo. I love tapioca. It is the root that makes the tapioca.

More of the tapioca fields as we drove down the highway

Fire works set off for the celebration of the young boy

Drummers drumming in a parade

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In this small town it was a bog goings on.

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The young boy being honored is walking barefoot.

We really were not sure if it was a baptism for the young boy.

We were pulled into the parade and marched with the family and friends.

The ladies are bringing food, bananas and other dishes for the celebration.

The goat you see in the parade later in the day was slaughtered and was part of the meal.

We literally drove only a couple blocks to the Periyear Wildlife Sanctuary early in the morning.

The topography consists of steep and rolling hills which are thickly wooded.