The Fall Of The African Heritage of The Siddis of Junagadh, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
The crowds deliriously want to see this as they throw notes money on the road and the Siddi acrobat leaps somersaults in the air to catch the flying note or retrieve it from the road , yes it is very tough for these migrants of African ancestry living in the dense forests of Gir Junagadh ,, but yes coming to Mumbai , they make good money during the Mahim Urus they keep this money with a person in Mahim whom they trust and once the Urus gets over they return to the forests with their pot of Gold..
I am shamed by what the Miya Mahim public makes them do , but than the Show must go on , and I have not shot the Siddis for several years now ,, all this was shot in 2009 ,,, at Mahim Urus ,,,
