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A weaver selects threads dyed in array of colors to be used for the warping of calico.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 34.0 Mpixels (97.3 MB uncompressed) - 7157x4751 pixels (23.9x15.8 in / 60.6x40.2 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: calico, Calicut, cotton, dye, India, page 354-355, Silk Road, thread, weaver, woman, Zheng He book

Sadhus gather regularly from all over India. Here they are in Junagadh, in Gujarat.

A weaver selects threads dyed in array of colors to be used for the warping of calico.

Some say that Beijing Opera, introduced to India by Zheng He, inspired the elaborate make-up of the Kathakali drama of Kerala.