BALANCING THE CALABASH BREASTFUL

These Gujarati women with their distinctive brass water jars wearing locally made saris. An extensive artificial silk industry has been developed in the coastal town of Surat by the Khatri caste.

 Calabash (fruit) water jug. The calabash is a small tree that bears fruits (gourds) of such shape or round. The rind of ripe gourds hardened when dried after the fleshy content removed.

 Iranian women.