In the Sadu Mata Ni Pol area of Ahmedabad, a 200-year-old ritual unfolds every year on the eighth night of Navratri. Men in ...
Ahmedabad men perform a Garba ritual during Navratri. They wear sarees as penance for a centuries-old curse. This honours ...
This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shadrack Nyongesa’s appointment with the knife was set for shortly after dawn. Since the previous morning, the ...