Old village man smoking Hookah in Rajasthan

From the archive record

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 archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1