When a market becomes a commodity: The Pushkar camel fair “Come the month of Kartika…. Thar camel drivers spruce up their ships of the desert and start the long walk to Pushkar in time for Kartik Purnima… Each year around 200,000 people converge here, bringing with them some 50,000 camels and cattle. The place becomes an extraordinary swirl of colour, sound and movement, thronged with musicians, mystics, tourists, traders, animals and devotees. It’s a camel- grooming nirvana, with an incredible array of cornrows, anklets, embroidery and pom poms.” “The religious event builds in tandem with the Camel Fair in a wild, magical crescendo of incense, chanting and processions to dousing day, the last night of the fair, when thousands of devotees wash away their sins and set candles afloat on the holy water.” (From the Lonely Planet tourist guidebook for India, 11th edition) What is commodification? Explain how a market becomes commodity.
When a market becomes a commodity: The Pushkar camel fair “Come the month of Kartika…. Thar camel.
When a market becomes a commodity: The Pushkar camel fair "Come the month of Kartika.... Thar camel drivers spruce up their ships of the desert and start the long walk to Pushkar...
