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Garhwali village women perform a pooja in Agoda village near Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The men accompany to the beats of hand drummed drums. Women and children course through the village, all in a line, to the sound of Garhwali devotional songs from the men. Indian Garhwali woman goes into a trance stage at edge of the Ganges river in the Himalaya Indian woman in a trance in Agoda village near Uttarkashi: Himalayan Garhwali woman enters another world, to the sounds of Garhwali religious music and chanting. Indian woman in a trance in Agoda village near Uttarkashi: Himalayan Garhwali woman in another world These women are entering into a religious trance phase, thanks to the drumming and the festive atmosphere in the village. They jump with their arms in the air, and lose control of their im