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Snakes & Ladders: Tantric Mysticism, Cosmic Serpents and the Meaning of Life
Patented: History of Inventions
Ancient Indian Snakes and Ladders
The old games are still being played usually by the older generations in India. Finding game boards etched into the floors of these structures where we know that people were playing them. They're not really played for any sort of divinitorious self exploratory purpose in India. So that is of course a dying tradition but you can still find it in pockets. That was definitely one of the main purposes of my trip to document that they do still live on these traditions in some limited way.
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