One of the places we visited in Mysore was the market. I enjoy markets, as it's a bustle of activity with locals carrying about their daily business, interacting with a plethora of colors and scents. This woman was one of many engaged in selling these avarai kai pods, which reminded me a bit of pea pods. Immense burlap bags several feet in height were carried in and out of the market. In this painting, the woman is carefully weighing some of the pods on a traditional scale. Like many of the vendors, she carries about her transactions right on the pavement.
Watercolor on handmade paper, 2010
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So that's what they're called! Now I know--remember? We saw them all over.
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