Every January, thousands of visitors go
to Bikaner, India to see the famous Camel festival. It begins with the
procession of beautifully decorated camels, a competition for best
decorated camel, fur cutting design, camel milking and the best camel
hair cut. Next day, the fleetest camels of the region take part in the
camel races.
According to photographer Osakabe Yasuo,
preparing camel’s hair for the competition may take up to three years
to create. First, the hair needs to be grown for two years. Then the
hair is trimmed into intricate patterns and dyed for the dramatic effect
you see below.
In the first two years, camel hair just grows, it is only slightly
shortened in a special way. In the third year, on the eve of festivals,
camel hair cut off to form complex patterns of great beauty, and painted
in a special way.
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