Photograph showing people marking Cadavee in Mauritus

A black and white landscape photograph showing a procession of at least fifty people. Some of group are facing towards the camera and others are facing away. They are walking along a fenced path between palm trees to or from a Hindu temple in the background. A hill or mountain rises behind this building. Original caption: ‘INDIAN PROCESSION – CAVADEE – [MAUR]?.’

Cadavee is a Tamil religious festival. This photograph was taken in Mauritus.

Object Details

ID: ALB0840.71
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Album relating to the naval service of Yeoman Lawrence Hooley Clarkson (died 1979) (Photograph album)