Some videos I shot during my trips to India.

This one shows a Rabari wedding I attended. The Rabaris are a cattle herding community of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India and Sindh in Pakistan. The men own and herd cattle while many of the women are embroidery artisans. They learn the art from a young age and spend the years leading to marriage producing items for their dowry. These include clothes she and her future husband will wear, gifts for the in laws and decorations for her new home. You can see in this film how decorative and intense the embroidery is.

Marriage is a huge and profound moment in the lives of the rural communities . They bring together men often separated by work and provide opportunity for women to bond.

This film shows a unique celebration of thirty five marriages happening all at the same time in the town of Bhuj in Kachchh, Gujarat. This is an unusual occurrence, but it happened that there were so many engagements happening over a period of time that they decided to celebrate them all together in one huge ceremony.

The weddings are celebrated on Lord Krishna's birthday, and as well as being a celebration are a series of symbolic gestures of which the embroidered cloth plays an important role.

On the 26th January 1950, India declared itself as a Republic and has since been annually celebrated as a holiday. This video was taken on 26th January 2010 so it was the 60th birthday of India as a Republic.

On the same date in 2001 there was a devastating earthquake in Gujarat. Bhuj was badly affected. So for the people of this region it brings back tragic memories but also reminds them of their collaborative efforts to re-build their lives and positive thoughts for the future.

Concerts like this are quite rare in Bhuj as these musicians are from various villages around Bhuj in the desert region of Kachchh. Some villages are very isolated and so provide the musicians with difficulty to get together with other fellow musicians. There was first a concert a 7 am which fitted beautifully with the sun rising, There was then a concert a sunset which saw a huge gathering of listeners. A unique event that brought locals, tourists, musicians and others from far off places together to listen to some lovely traditional Kachchhi tunes.