Pyre

A ritual of India which is carried out every year by groups of people on the night of holi, the festival of colours. For me, I am more interested in the effort that goes into it and how quickly it burns in contrast to the large amount of time that it takes to built it from scratch with bamboo/banana plant, dry leaves of Medlar-Avenue trees(for a nice crackling sound), rice straw, Indian date leaves and all kinds of various dry leaves which are then tied up with the banana plant/bamboo tree with dried banana leaves. In the pyre, various kinds of vegetables are prepared like potatoes, neem leaves and brinjals to be used as a starter during dinner since, this is generally carried out in the evening. z