- Hodka Village close by Pakistan
- Westernmost India
- Halopotra (nomadic cattle breeders who are believed to have arrived from the Arabian peninsula) are Muslim, 90% of Hodka's population of 2500 but they share the jheel with the Meghwal, a Hindu people from Rajasthan
- both groups are known for their exquisite artisanship, the women sew extravagantly patterned embroidery--some pieces take more than a year to finish
- circular huts particular to Hodka's mud architecture part of the simple & chic Shaam-e-Sarhad resort (8 tents & 3 bhungas, distincitve circular mud huts in the vernacular architecture) local cuisine: vegetarian curries
"We shall not cease from exploration, & the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started & know the place for the first time." TS Eliot ............."20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover." Mark Twain
Sunday, November 30, 2008
India- Hodka Village
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nice story..good pictures too
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