A local vendor arranges colourful earthen mini pots for Haldi Kumkum ceremony at the Mapusa market on Saturday. Haldi Kumkum is a social gathering in India in which married women exchange haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands’ long lives, will be celebrated on January 14.
Vincent Braganza
