Portrait of a woman belonging to the Harijan community ( India)
RMID:Image ID:C7TDYH
Image details
Contributor:
Franck METOIS / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
C7TDYHFile size:
28.7 MB (1.9 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
2592 x 3872 px | 21.9 x 32.8 cm | 8.6 x 12.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2008Location:
Kachchh region (Gujarat, India)More information:
Harijan was a word used by Mahatma Gandhi to refer to untouchables, outcasts. (Harijan means children of god.) Now this word has become obsolete : Indians prefer using the term dalit ("oppressed"). But in Gujarat, in the dry plains of Kutch, an untouchable community is still called harijan. A group whose women are known to stitch beautiful embroideries.