The Snake Charmer. Indian Characters. Although the so-called” snake-charmer” is usually a sharp-witted and ofttimes a clever fellow, it is his conjuring which forms his chief claim to attention. True,… Read More
The Snake Charmer. Indian Characters.
Tag: Indian customs
Traditional Indian dress, culture and customs of the various regions.
The Nautch girls. Indian dancers.
On special occasions, such as weddings or parties given in honor of a distinguished visitor, it is the correct thing in native society to give a „nautch,“ or dance.
The Mellon Seller. Indian Character.
The Mellon Seller This picture represents a woman of the Kulmbi caste, who is not by any means to be confounded with a coolie. A very low caste woman would… Read More
The Bania. A merchant from Mumbai
The Banias are perhaps the least educated of any of the middle class natives of the present day.
A Parsee School Girl in her traditional dress. Mumbai India 1899.
Her jacket may be of cloth, or of cotton, or silk, according to the season, but it is always cut in the same style, faIling just below the waist.
Clothing of the Parsee, follower of the Zoroastrian faith.
The indoor male costume consists of a muslin shirt, a pair of loose white cotton trousers, a cotton waistcoat with sleeves, a skull cap and slippers.
Native Servants of Mumbai.
Typical pictures of Indian Natives. By F. M. Coleman
The Bhisti. Indian Native 19th century
The Bhisti A very useful man is the Bhisti, and, relatively speaking, a hard-working individual. He carries upon his hip the entire skin of a goat, the body and legs… Read More
A Bombay (Mumbai) merchant. The Persians in India.
Many Persian families who have settled permanently in India and to some extent have adopted the dress of their new compatriots.
A Jewish priest from Bagdad. The Sassoon family in India.
There are a considerable number of Jews in Bombay, and the richest family in all India, The Sassoon, are Bagdad Jews.