Perumatti.
Shot taken during last Christmas season (2005) from Wayanad, Kerala. The harvesting is taking place at “Nemam Padam” in Wayanad. The woman in the photo belongs to the “Adiyan” tribe. The elderly adiyathi women are greeted as Perumatti.
Here are two more shots from the same location. And the tree in the pic is ‘Sacred Tree‘
Nemam Padam
The Sacred Tree
This tree stands alone in a huge paddy field. Its very unsual for a tree to be there in the muddy area. Its also worshipped by the locals.
These photos are taken with Caonon S2IS my first digital cemera which was a ultra zoom point and shoot.