Left: On the first day of the March (February 20, 2019) Sonya Malkari, 50, a Warli Adivasi, was playing the traditional tarpa. Sonya had come from Sakhare village in Vikramgad taluka of Palghar district in Maharashtra, and was performing at the Mahamarg bus station in Nashik, where thousands of farmers from several districts of Maharashtra had halted. Right: Vasant Sahare, 55, is from Wangan Sule village in Surgana taluka of Nashik district in Maharashtra. He was playing the pavri . Vasant belongs to the Kokna community, a Scheduled Tribe, and farms on two acres of forest department land
Biva Gale playing a chipli while singing devotional folk songs. He is from a community of worshippers of Lord Krishna, who walk door to door and sing folk devotional songs to collect alms, and had come from Raitale village of Peint taluka in Nashik district
Gulab Gavit (left), 49, was playing the tuntuna (a single-stringed instrument). He is from Phopshi village in Dindori taluka of Nashik district in Maharashtra. Bhausaheb Chavan (right, wearing a red cap) , 50, also from Phopshi village, was playing the khanjari (a percussion instrument). Both Gavit and Chavan, along with other farmers from Dindori taluka , were singing songs in praise of the farmers’ protest
Songs and solidarity dances on the night of February 21, while awaiting the outcome of the meeting between representatives of the government of Maharashtra and All India Kisan Sabha leaders
