Title

An old woman selling Neera at Madurai

Caption

An old woman selling Neera at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Neera, also called palm nectar or Pathaneer is a sap extracted from the inflorescence of palm tree and used to quench thirst. Neera extraction is generally performed before sunrise. It is sweet, translucent in colour, and high in nutritional value. It is susceptible to natural fermentation within a few hours of extraction. Once fermented, Neera becomes toddy

Date

Jun 23, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Muthuraman V

Reference

BRK21D26_413

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,2Mb (1,9Mb) / 17,8in x 12,1in / 5341 x 3615 (300dpi)

Keywords

4 people Arecaceae Asia Food Four People India Indian Madurai Palm tree Palm wine Palm wines Palmaceae Palmae aged agrarian agricultural agriculture atmospheric beverage beverages bloom blossom blossoms collect collecting color colors colour cook cooking dish dishes drink elder elderly lady elderly woman farming female females fermentation fermentations few flower flowering flowers food food photographies food photography food still-life harvested high hour hours in flower inflorescence inflorescences juice juices little morning morning light morning sun morning suns natural nectar nectars old old lady old woman old women older woman palm palms person persons plant plants preparation preparations prepare preparing production productions rising sun sap saps sell selling senior woman senior women sheer sparse sun sunrise sunrises sweet tall thirst thirsty transparent travel travel photography value values woman women Tamil Nadu atmosphere break of dawn harvest harvesting harvests mood morning atmosphere sunlight sunshine South India Southern India