India is a diverse country with many distinct traditions and customs practiced in each state and city.
With more than 1.4 billion people living there, the nation is home to people from many ethnic origins, some of whom are not even proficient in Hindi, the official language.
There are many different traditions in the country, but one in a distant Himachal Pradesh village sticks out for being peculiar.
An old custom exists in the Kullu district village of Pini, where women are expected to abstain from wearing clothing for five days leading up to a festival in the final days of Sawan.
