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Makar Sankranti evening in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

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Late in the evening, as the Makar Sankranti sun sets, the

night festivities begin. People release paper lamps from their terraces. The sky is now filled with floating lights. Our necks ache as we try to take in the spectacle around. It is a surreal moment.

 

Read more about this festival at Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan, the kite flying festival in India.

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Uploaded on December 5, 2015
Taken on January 14, 2013