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tract photographers and the money they sins. Street vendors sold religious trin- Left: Young camels getting topped off before going to
would pay for the privilege of taking their kets and flowers to honor the gods. work at the fair. Right: The authors enjoying the amuse-
picture. ment rides at the Pushkar Camel Fair. Much better than
A young man who spoke English eagerly
A river of pilgrims in their best dress tried to involve us in the religious goings the Tilt-a-Whirl any day.
streamed through the streets to the on and led us through the streets to steps
temples and to bathe in the holy wa- to the lake. He was a little too eager and
ters of Pushkar Lake, which borders the got agitated when we told him we want-
town. Bathing in the lake during the days ed to get something to eat. We escaped
around the full moon would absolve their not knowing his motive, but it probably

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