Street Scenes The Barber Exotic Travel Jaipur Rajasthan India 1a

Street Scenes The Barber Exotic Travel Jaipur Rajasthan India 1a. Photography � Digital art, by Sue Jacobi, on... more

by Sue Jacobi

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Street Scenes The Barber Exotic Travel Jaipur Rajasthan India 1a

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Sue Jacobi

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography - Digital Art

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Street Scenes The Barber Exotic Travel Jaipur Rajasthan India 1a. Photography � Digital art, by Sue Jacobi, on www.sue-j.artistwebsites.com
While driving along the streets of Jaipur, also known as The Pink City, I came across this charming and quaint street scene. A casual tent to keep out, barely, the hot sun and dappled shade underneath a large tree. Inside the tent, a mobile barber at work! The customer sits on a foldable chair in front of a large mirror. His face is all lathered up and he is ready to be treated to a clean shave by the barber! Yes, the barbers in India not only cut and style people�s hair, they also shave their beards and trim the moustaches, which can sometimes be quite fancy shaped! Modern shaving razors? Who needs them! These barbers use a sort of long blade-cum-knife. Seriously. And they�ve never had any complaints from no one, lol :o)
Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan in Northern India. It was founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, after whom the city is named. The city today has a population of 3.1 million. Jaipur is known as the Pink City of India. You can see why ... the color of the walls in the above picture, for example. Many houses, public buildings and walls are painted soft shades of pink, just like this wall. It is done by mixing a pink pigment while whitewashing the walls.
Jaipur city is unusual among pre-modern Indian cities in the regularity of its streets, and the division of the city into six sectors by broad streets 34 m (111 ft) wide. The urban quarters are further divided by networks of gridded streets. Five quarters wrap around the east, south, and west sides of a central palace quarter, with a sixth quarter immediately to the east. The Palace quarter encloses the Hawa Mahal palace complex, formal gardens, and a small lake. Nahargarh Fort, which was the residence of the King Sawai Jai Singh II, crowns the hill in the northwest corner of the old city. The observatory, Jantar Mantar, is one of the World Heritage Sites.[4] Included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Agra, Jaipur is an extremely popular tourist destination in Rajasthan and India.
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June 5th, 2015