Black and white lantern slide showing a view of a cattle fair at Sonepur, Bihar, India. Cattle are led on rope harnesses, and are accompanied by ,ale farmers. One farmer uses an umbrella to shade himself. The Sonepur Cattle Fair is held each November, and stretches from fifteen days to one month. It is the biggest cattle fair in Asia, and was based at Sonepur from the time of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
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lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm lantern slides photographs
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