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Kerala

India Pictures left to right: afloat on the Kerala backwaters, one of the country's most pleasant experiences; Kerala - and in fact Indian - politics can be unconventionally democratic, to say the least;
a fisherman in Trivandrum's beach area on the southern tip of India.

The little but lush state of Kerala in India's far southwest is more about relaxing on palm-fringed beaches, surrendering to Ayurvedic massage - a Kerala speciality - or gently boating the tropical backwaters than trudging around temples or busy cities. However, it is worth dragging yourself off the steaming sand to see ancient, local Hindu traditions of music, dance or religious processions which are invariably kaleidoscopic jamborees of borderline insanity.

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