The hospitality I experienced on this trip to Tamil Nadu for the Pongal festival was extraordinary on par with the dignity of these people.
It is true, my name is Sonja, and when the people I met discovered my name, it was a very important thing to them.
I was never so much photographed together with the people I was meeting as I was on this trip.
They were happy to have a photograph with me.
It is a land, as in all places in the world, in which there is a culture deeply rooted and deeply lived by people
To participate, it is necessary to have a heart that is always open and similar to that of children.
Live the experience to feel their history, their humanity and the strength that these people express by becoming “people.”
Among the villages, temples, markets and rituals I experienced a real plunge into a reality for which I had a hard time leaving.
Returning was not easy.
