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A group of local archers are silhouetted against the afternoon sun on a ridge overlooking the Laitlum Canyon about 20km (12 miles) from Shillong, India, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. In villages scattered across the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya an ancient tradition of archery still continues and regular competitions are held between different localities. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

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AP PHOTOS: Archery tradition thrives in northeast India
By ASHWINI BHATIA - Associated Press
Mon,01/23/23-10:44PM , 60 Reads
SHILLONG, India (AP) — Thirty archers armed with bows and bamboo arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. Then they take aim at a straw cylinder 60 feet away. They each have 34 arrows to shoot in four minutes. They release one arrow after another, their movements languid and practiced.
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Prem Singh, who travelled from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, sells footwear and clothes at his stall at a local fair in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. In small north Indian towns, some enterprising men and women move from place to place with bags full of colorful wares to sell at local fairs, keeping centuries-old traditions alive when roving fairs were the main vehicle of commerce. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

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AP PHOTOS: At roving fairs, sellers keep bartering tradition
By ASHWINI BHATIA - Associated Press
Sat,09/10/22-11:29PM , 270 Reads
DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The enterprising sellers move from one small north Indian town to another carrying bags full of colorful wares to sell at local fairs, keeping centuries-old traditions alive when roving fairs were the main vehicle of commerce.
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