Beedi (Bidi) - local village cigarette - DIY tutorial- Road kiosk, India - Bidis

How to hand-roll an Indian beedi, by Vaman the roadside kiosk beediman (dukan wala) |

More about my remote village backpacking across India on http://www.myindiaexperience.com

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And here's how it went: went to Oros, the government office headquarters for registering my passport visa as a long term tourist (over 180 days stay requires this bureaucratic visit).

Taking a bus from the town I stayed at, I got down at a small junction from where I had to take a sort autorickshaw ride.

Resting from the government bus bumpy ride and rigid benches, I felt like sitting for a while. Vaman kiosk stood right there. A box, in the Indian typical roadside little Dukhan (Hindi for shop). I asked for a bidi, the locally leaf rolled tobacco cigarettes. He gave me one and refused to take any pay for it. While enjoying it I noticed Mr. Vaman preparing another, I took this rare chance to create this tutorial.

Later he gifted me this filmed bidi. I gave him a coin, a red USA cent. Foreign Coins are rare in rural areas as banks don't handle them as they do with notes.

I went on my merry way while Vaman jumped over the counter, closed the shop and went back to his home for his noon rest.


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Short clips from rural Indian villages an towns of India. Backpacking and documening by video shooting and capture in photos. Sometimes use my projector I carry in my backpack to screen these movies to local, Desi villagers. I may create a full feature film later for American and NRI in the USA. India is amazing and incredible especially off the beaten track where traditional culture, community and nature make it a real eco-tourism experience. During the past 2 years in California and Arizona I had shared presentation talks and workshops to encourage this type of traveling and tourism.

Curently I use a Cisco Flip camera and a Canon G11. My Epson projector is a donation from Atul Thakkar. I also thank Mayur Shah for his help with video filming and editing.

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[MyIndiaExperience]

Irka says below: cool ...... he does not even look at them (translation from Russian)

[MrMulead13]

There is something impressive about his slow careful skill. I like it.

[dafranx]

Excellent, I love it.

[Irka1928]

прикольно......он даже не смотрит на них