Purusottam Thakur

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Not so long ago, while crossing over from Nuapada district of Odisha into Gariaband
district of Chhattisgarh, I drove through Deobhog, the block headquarters of Gariaband. There,
I saw an unusual group of young men and children on bicycles. 

They were dressed in lush, almost royal-looking
attire. They wore garlands, shiny waistcoats, anklets with ghungroos (bells), and
different kinds of headdress. One even had on a groom’s turban. I thought to
myself: they must be part of a theatre group. 

I stopped, they did too, and soon I was taking photos
of them. When I asked them where they were going, Sombaru Yadav, around 25
years old, said, “We are going to Deobhog
to dance before the deity.” 

Gulshan Yadav, Kirtan
Yadav, Sombaru, Devendra, Dhanraj and Gobindra were from Nuaguda village, some 7-8 kilomteres from where I met
them, in Kosamkani gram panchayat of Deobhog block. Back in their
village, they are farmers, agricultural
labourers or in school.

Cycles, costumes, colour

ৰংচঙীয়া পোচাক পিন্ধা চাইকেল আৰোহী

साइकिलें, पोशाक और अनोखे रंग

സൈക്കിളുകൾ, വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ, നിറങ്ങൾ

மிதிவண்டிகள், ஆடைகள், வண்ணங்கள்

ಸೈಕಲ್‌ಗಳು, ವೇಷಭೂಷಣ, ಬಣ್ಣ

سائیکلیں، پوشاک اور انوکھے رنگ

ସାଇକେଲ୍, ବେଶପୋଷାକ, ରଙ୍ଗ

রংচঙে পোশাকের সাইকেল আরোহীরা

Koyba

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ہمارے بارے میں جانیں

پاری میں آپ کا خیرمقدم ہے

گے۔ اگر آپ کو ہمارا کام پسند ہے، تو آپ ہمارے رضاکار بن کر ہمارا تعاون کر سکتے ہیں یا ہماری مالی مدد کر سکتے ہیں، تاکہ ہم اپنا کام جاری رکھ سکیں۔

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Cycles, costumes, colour

On the way to Deobhog, Chattisgarh, to dance before the deity

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