Human Pyramids

A riot of colours, in the Sea of humanity
A human Pyramid just about to collapse. The water spray from either side severely distracts one of the participant, just enough to trigger a collapse.

Water being thrown, in a attempt to bring down the pyramid. Its was a very difficult situation as a Photographer. It was raining heavily and water was being splashed all around, and I was concerned about the camera. There was a bright light bang opposite to the subject as is evident in the photograph, I tried to shield it by trying to place the subject in between the camera and the light source. Since it was night, I had to use a longer shutter time, and standing steady or using a tripod was out of question, because of the rush of people around.

Its was festive season in India on 4th September and breaking pots hung high up, by making human pyramids, was the event of the day. These Photographs were taken in Mangalore where these human pyramids broke Hundreds of pots filled with flour, coloured water, milk and goodies. The human pyramid slowly moves across braking up to 30 pots in one go. Water is used to distract the youth make the pyramid building difficult.