Instagram story viewer> @devindoyle> Posts

Devin Doyle

@devindoyle

4.5K

followers

4045

following

Paris / New York
[email protected]

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

by @devindoyle

150

3

2 years ago

by @devindoyle

154

4

2 years ago

by @devindoyle

101

5

2 years ago

Greece, 2024 by @devindoyle

107

3

2 years ago

At the military ball last week, Tampa, FL by @devindoyle

270

7

4 years ago

Istanbul 1 by @devindoyle

156

1

4 years ago

Drive-ins for @thecut back in Spring, 2020 taken in Unadilla, New York by @devindoyle

287

15

4 years ago

New Orleans, March 2022 by @devindoyle

228

15

5 years ago

taken in Texas by @devindoyle

131

3

5 years ago

by @devindoyle

123

0

5 years ago

Shine them boots up, it’s rodeo time by @devindoyle

257

11

5 years ago

‘This 4,000 year old tale of gender fluidity is the origin story of the third gender in India known as Hijras (or Aravanis), who see themselves as direct decedents of Aravan. It is held up as a historical precedent for respectable place in society.

For one day a year, thousands of Hijras flock to a remote temple in Tamil Nadu to become brides of Aravan. The atmosphere is raucous. Their tragic fate - to be able to love, but never to bear children, is forgotten.

On the air is drumming and incense and warbling cries of eunuch voices, bootleg alcohol and dancing. New couples slink off into the fields around the temple. There is little sleep.

Red eyed by the morning, a few little cooking fires are lit. Groups drift apart and re-assemble.

The sky heats up to hallucinatory temperatures. A purifying dip in the water and white Saris are donned, mourning clothing. Aravan’s head is severed and the sound of wailing, of thousands of new widows, comes through the forest. ‘

For @tabularasamagazine by @devindoyle

198

6

5 years ago