Pushkar Mela – annual fair of camels and other livestock, which is held in Pushkar in the Indian state of Rajasthan, where each year sell more than 25 thousand camels. The fair attracts thousands of tourists, camels, merchants, drivers, local residents and the faithful Indians, who came to bathe in the holy Pushkar lake. And in the last day of celebrating Kartik Purnima – Indian holy day, celebrated on the full moon in the month of Kartik. In this issue are pictures reporter agency «Associated Press» Kevin Fryer, made during his trip to the fair Pushkar Mela this year.
1. The owner of the camel herd carries an armful of leaves for camels at Pushkar fair in Pushkar Mela, Rajasthan, India, on Wednesday October 28, 2009.
2. Camels at dawn at the Fair Pushkar Mela in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, on the morning of Wednesday 28 October 2009
3. Cameleer smoking a pipe in Pushkar, Razhdastan, on the morning of Wednesday 28 October 2009
4. Indian cameleers – brother and sister – pose for the photographer on the market of livestock in Pushkar, Rajasthan, on Thursday morning October 29, 2009.
5. The driver and the camels are collected in the fair at Pushkar Mela on Oct. 28, 2009
6. Cameleers beside their pets in Pushkar in the morning on Thursday 29 October 2009.
7. Indian women gathered at the market at the Pushkar Camel Mela morning of Thursday 29 October 2009.
8. The driver checks the teeth of a camel before you purchase it at Fair Pushkar Mela on Thursday morning October 29, 2009.
9. A woman dances on the parade in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Thursday morning October 29, 2009.
10. Indian theater group takes part in the parade at the Pushkar Mela on Oct. 29, 2009.
11. The crowd threw flowers during the parade of Hindu saints, sadhus at the Fair Pushkar Mela on Thursday October 29, 2009.
12. Man dressed as Hindu god Rama showered with flowers during a parade in Pushkar on Thursday October 29, 2009.
13. Shepherd chases its camel herd in Pushkar, Rajasthan, on Thursday October 29, 2009.
14. The driver poses for photos at the market of livestock in the Pushkar Mela on Thursday October 29, 2009.
15. The driver trying to allocate stubborn camel for sale at the Fair Pushkar Mela on Wednesday October 28, 2009.
16. Pogoschnitsa camels poses a photographer at a market livestock Pushkar Mela on Oct. 29, 2009.
17. Indian children traveling in a truck in Pushkar, Rajasthan, on Thursday morning October 29, 2009.
18. Girl goes on a rope at the Pushkar Mela festival on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.
19. JC Chun shows his beard, won the annual competition for the “longest beard” at the Fair Pushkar Mela on Friday 30 October 2009. According to local residents, his beard is 3,35 meters, to have to grow it, it took him 18 years.
20. Bidder for the longest beard with flowers in his beard at the Fair Pushkar Mela in Pushkar, Rajasthan, on Friday 30 October 2009.
21. Drovers and their camels gathered at the fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan, on Thursday morning, October 29, 2009.
22. The men drank tea in the morning waiting for customers at the fair Pushkar Mela in the early morning of Wednesday 28 October 2009.
23. Dog drinking water from the watering for livestock at the Fair Pushkar Mela on Thursday 29 October.
24. Women gathered at the annual market of livestock in Pushkar, India, on Thursday October 29, 2009.
25. Indian holy man, a sadhu is on the background of the dried holy Pushkar lake, where Hindus come to bathe, especially during the holy month of Kartik, the Pushkar Fair on Friday, October 30, 2009. Government project to clean the lake and make it deeper only worsened the situation with the drought in the area.
26. A small pond in the holy Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan, India, on Friday, October 30, 2009.
27. Cameleers sit side by side with their animals at the Fair Pushkar Mela on Wednesday October 28, 2009.
28. Indian holy man is waiting for alms to the sacred lake in Pushkar in India on Friday, October 30, 2009.
29. Indian holy man bathes on the edge of the holy Pushkar Lake on Friday, October 30, 2009. Every day in the lake water is pumped from the cylinders to meet the huge number of pilgrims who come here each year
30. Cameleer poses for photos at the market of livestock in the Pushkar Mela, Rajasthan, India, Thursday morning, October 29, 2009.
