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Gujjar villagers of Umri village which was located inside Sariska National Park, with a track that turned right at a water hole just short of Pandupole. The Muslim Gujar men are smoking a community hookas or hubble-bubble pipe. Hookah smoking is an ancient tradition that has virtually swayed the entire world. Hookah, it is basically a multi stemmed water pipe that is used for smoking. Hookah smoking is based on the mechanism of indirect heat and water filtration. The concept of Hookah smoking originated in India; however, it attained fame under the Ottoman Turks. Hookah is famous by different names at different places, the more popular names being narghile, shisha, okka and kalian. Source: www.coloursofindia.com This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archiv
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