March 13, 2014
Yesterday we were in Bikaner and went, as everyone must to Junagarh, the "fort" of the Maharajas of Bikaneer. It was the standard fare in these places of textiles, outfits, armour, weapons, etc. the decoration is the best that an 18th and 19th despot can manage. Excessive in every detail. I thought that I would show some pictures of ceilings in this place, that are truly beautiful while being excessive at the same time.
And another:
And yet another, this one wooden:
One the other extreme, out in farming country, people make use of whatever is handy to create fencing. With all the cattle, goats and camels wandering the highways, one has to ask why they bother.
Some fences are just make from bushes with thorns, the same way they did in Nova Scotia with hawthorns. But the one I am particularly fond of is the barbed wire and stone post fence. Wood in desert country is scarce, so stone is quarried and cut into lengths for post. Then either they are placed next each other and cemented between to form a solid fence, or barbed wire is strung between much like our fences. Here is an example:
Lastly in honour of International Women's Day, which I think just passed, her is a woman's view in the palace:
Women were required to stay behind screens so that they could not be seen!
Jim
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