Asia 2006: Random Bozo goes to Kerala

Nedumkandam: Monday 5th June

Kerala

Idukki district

ants taking some food home

ants taking some food home
(movie)

ants taking some food home

plants outside Ajeesh's house

the church steeple

I liked this design of shalwar
khamise.

ironwork above the church door

the service

flowers and leaves

flower

grading cardamom through a
mesh

prior to grading, the seeds are
checked for quality

prior to grading, the seeds are
checked for quality

more grading for size

This family lives near the
cardamom-sorting factory-cum-
auction factory.

This family lives near the
cardamom-sorting factory-cum-
auction factory.

Cardamon-scented lacuna

There's nothing in any of my diaries about today apart from the following brief snippet of blog-entry:

Nedumkandam nurdlings
Still here, having some of the strangest times in my life.

Just been to the fourth wedding in 3-and-a-bit months.

(The other three were

I can't recall much about this wedding. It seems to have been a christian wedding, in a church near the fee-paying school in Nedumkandam. I can vaguely recall playing 'catch' with some of the local boys.

However, it seems that today was (also) the day Ajeesh took me to the factory where women sort and grade cardamom seeds. The scent was utterly heady and heavenly. The photos show the process, I hope.

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