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kali

a 'bahurupi' retouches finer details to his goddess kali makeup prioir to the journey to a distant village for a street show.

 

bahurupi is a bengali word, closest english word should be chameleon, meaning - something which changes its colors/textures often. they earn their living by dressing up as a hindu god/goddess look-alike and then putting up a performance for the crowd during festivals. here he has painted himself as lord shiva of hindu mythology.

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Uploaded on October 27, 2014
Taken on April 13, 2014