Street Dancers of Delhi 



Bridegroom's Palki in Wedding Procession at Jeypore 

 The ten-year old bridegroom, in cloth of gold turban, coat covered with jewels, rides in a 

 palki, suspended from a silver arch or yoke, hung with red velvet and silver tassels. The body 

 of the car is all tinsel and silver and velvet, and carried by coolies of the shabbiest clothing. All 

 the family, in all the finery they own or can hire, attend the parade through the streets, and sing- 

 ing and dancing girls give performances whenever the procession halts 



