Today I met some people who said they are from Madurai TN..speaking Tamil too.
The woman were dressed in real colorful clothes..Punjabi suit tops worn over some colorful long skirts.
They were selling some beads,trinklets,chains,rudrakshmalas and also sorts of bangles etc.
They looked a bit different from the usual Tamilians we see from Madurai.
The woman wore no pottu,no thali but had tatoos all over their body.
They said they were Hindus had Hindu names too and were talking all about the Rudrakshamalas they were selling.
They wore lots of beads and crystals on their neck and hands and legs.
The woman in fact looked like Rajasthani women..they had sun exposed medium brown skin tone and one had light brown eyes and the other had light green eyes.
Both had sharp features very Rajasthani like.
One of the ladies was addressing her husband as Raasa..en Raasa whenever she wanted to call him.
They were wearing lots of sling bags too.
This is the first time I am seeing a very different looking Tamilian in dressing sense from Madurai.
I wonder which community wear so many beads and crystals???