The Fish Ballet

On my recent visit to Goa I found these two men fishing, in a small inlet of the sea, near the village of Asvim. With a net stretched between two lengths of wood, they set their homemade trap in the water and waited patiently for several minutes, after which they would raise the net, bring it together, and inspect its contents. The whole process was beautiful to watch in the fading light of late afternoon. The fishermen's movements were repetitive and graceful, and I found myself drawing comparisons to ballet or modern dance.