Environment protection / issues, humanitarian aid

This photograph set was taken during a walk in the Bazaar of hampi, a main street where locals live and sell plenty of different kind of items to tourists. The Bazaar is also the gate to most of the Vijayanagar ruins. These pictures show some stolen moments in the daily life of the people living in this animated area of the village.

Hampi is well known for being the medieval capital of the Hindu empire Vijayanagara (which means “the City of Victory”). Hampi is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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1. Man in his shop: Street life is always busy in India, which is a reflect of the informal economy. You can find almost everything in the street and most of the shops are small wood boxes where sellers sit and even sleep sometimes. This is also their shelter for many of them…

2. The turquoise “sari” of this woman has one of the never ending colourful variations of this Indian common typical dress.

3. Achyutaraya Temple sight: From Hampi Bazaar, a small track leads to deserted Sule Bazaar, which gives an idea of what Hampi Bazaar would have looked like if it hadn’t been repopulated. At the end of this area, the Achyutaraya Temple stands at the foot of Matanga Hill. These two men are admiring the atmospheric view.

4. Women selling bananas: Sellers do not necessarily require a “roof” to settle their activity. Many of them just put their products on the pavement.

5. Snake charmer: Streets does not only offer a wide range of food and products, but also entertainment like this snake charmer. A stereotype and, as a consequence, a tourist attraction. The feared and respected cobra (it has its own place in the Hindu mythology as a powerful deity) is deaf to the snake charmer’s pipe, but follows the visual cue of the moving pipe and it can feel the ground vibration from the snake charmer’s tapping foot.

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