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Hands of Uttarayan

Each year a special event called makar sankranti takes place to mark the movement of the sun into the belt capricorn. The state of Gurjarat and some surrounding areas celebrate this by flying and fighting kites called patang. The string they use to tether the patang is called manjha and coated with glass and dye, this is what their hands look like by the end of the day.

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Uploaded on January 28, 2014
Taken on January 15, 2014