Think
of nomad, caravaners, gypsies and you think of them as free people.
Free from the binds of urban life, they evoke dreams of the life spirit roaming
without fetters.And it is from this that the Banjaras in Andhra Pradesh seem
to have captured their exuberant clothes. Nomads in the past, the Banjaras today
aggregate in groups called 'tandas'. Staying in communes, they still strive
to preserve the fascinating and unpredictable traditions of their ancestors.
Tattooed women with hands weighed down by ivory bangles create the memorable
mirror work which the Banjaras are famous for.