καιρός remembered

Backbone girl

Cleaning, cooking, fetching water, looking after the children, feeding and milking the family cow or buffalo, collecting firewood, all this and more is women’s work in many a traditional society.

This Kumaoni mountain girl carries a tree home that she may even have cut herself with an axe, because in these parts women think nothing of that too.

In the last two posts I have sung the praises of strong and beautiful women. This backbone girl deserves the same song.

Photo of the week: Almora, Uttarakhand, India 2011