indian village in dsert, children in desert

Passed a village with a funeral celebration. The whole village is having a party. They are happy because the deceased is going to heaven.

Is modern tourism benefiting these villages?

Kids are aggressively begging for pens. Giving is a good thing. Like Santa Claus in the western world. But giving that encourage greediness is not a good thing. The whole sense of giving is to give people a sense of miracle.

Info F 6.3 1/640 with Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Date 2004:12:13 13:12:01 Make Canon
Model Canon PowerShot S1 IS Width 2048
Height 1536 Flash Off, Did not fire
Focal 5.8 mm Exposure 1/640
F Number 6.3 White Bal. Auto
Metering Multi-segment Compensation 0
Hyperfocal 1.16 m File Size 932 kB
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