Women with pots.

February 18, 2012

Zulu woman in traditional outfits.

There is something eternally graceful about seeing a women carrying a pot on her head. A vision of feminity, balance and sustanence with their gait being slow and gentle and their posture, dictated by maintanence of their load, remaining perfect. The daily pilgrimage to the village well was essential for suppl;y of water for drinking, cooking and washing.
I have spent time in rural India villages and it was a regular occurance to witness the village women carrying their pots.They never seemed to struggle with this task, even when transporting large vessels and strolled along with ease. I have always been transfixed by the timelessnes of this imagery whenever I have seen this in my travels , so I want to do a feature of visuals along this theme.

Village of Songha, Mali by Hgfklein, Flickr

Dancing performance in India ( Elica.org)

Celebration of Vat Savatri. On this day a married women invokes the blessing of Devi (Goddess) Savatri for the general well being of her husband and for the prolonging of her marital life. ( Photo by Rajen Nair )

Batwa women with traditional pots. Taken in Burundi, in the village of Kiganda in the province of Muramvya.

Photo by echwaluphotography

An old water pot.

Women from a nomadic community from Rajasthan state carry drinking water.

Easter Island Water Bearer

Egyptian traditional bread baking

African pottery making. Photo by Mjengwa

http://saharanvibe.blogspot.com.au

Balinese pot transport

Woman carrying traditional water pots for sale in Niger

Seeds Festival

Off to paarty ? Photo by Lister Hunter

Bonalu means Bojanaalu (meal) in Telugu, is an offering to the Goddess of power. Women prepare Bonam with cooked rice, milk, sugar, onions in a pot, decorated with small neem breanches and turmeric, kunkum and a lamp on the top it. Women put the pots on their heads and take it to Goddess temple, led by drummers and dancing men. ( Tellanga region, Andhra Pradash India )http://chandu-telangana.blogspot.com.au