Ben Cooke, Sunset over Pushkar (May theme: Travel)

The Camel Fair attracts thousands of merchants and their stock every November in the Rajasthani city of Pushkar. Part showground style theme park, part food market, part camel dropping infested beard competition, the fair is a potent incantation of India at its most colourful.

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