On the edge of a forest in Karnataka I came across these women collecting firewood. They are wandering Romani people from a tribe called the Banjara tribe. Look at the heavy jewelry they wear. But even heavier must be these huge bundles of sticks they are carrying. Can you see how they have wound up pieces of cloth into a tight circle and placed it on their heads to help them balance the load? This also protects them from any thorns or spikes the sticks may have. Can you guess what fruit is growing on the trees?
These women are also from Karnataka and they are helping make one of the most important things to eat in India - rice. Rice grows in flooded fields called paddy fields. Here the women are ankle-deep in the paddies replanting the rice saplings at regular intervals so that the rice will grow strong and healthy. Can you see how the women have tied up their sarees so that their clothes don't get wet in the water? I think their backs must ache by the end of the day, don't you?

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