Well, kind Reader, let the trumpet of History sound, to form up our worthy Adventurers into a procession in time".
The audience leaves the hogan (hut) in procession, this time led by assistants who carry out the basins with their contents.
A man headed the procession, beating time on a drum, leading the crowd along a path through the center of the village, while to Walker's left and to his right the women in the matching saris formed two lines and started to dance to the rhythm of the drumbeats, waving leafy branches and singing for him.
Two deities have been banned, though, since their devotees demanded a special place of honor in the procession (The Times of India).
In the shadow of Independence Hall, America's secular Bethlehem, hundreds of pilgrims gathered here for a five-day festival of democracy culminating in night-time procession around the manors of power on the nation's high holy day, 4 July.
In a snaking procession resembling at times a carnival parade, crowds of people -- young and old, neatly and outrageously dressed or hardly clad at all -- marched through the streets, dancing and singing to the accompaniment of bands, loudspeaker trucks and marchers with musical instruments.
And the recreation of the procession has been timed to leave Stonehenge as the sun sets on the eve of the longest night of the year.
Like procession, it unfolds in time as well as space.
By the time the procession arrived at the corner across from the President's home, the sun had fallen.
The following day the procession is repeated, this time with the two Maries the town takes its name from.
In the future, the organizers should either start the procession at a different time or be a bit more honest in their advertising.
