milkmaidens

All culminated in the dance of the milkmaidens before Krishna, and in the still greater dance of Krishna before the milkmaidens, when the music and the musicians swirled through the dark blue robes of the actors into their tinsel crowns, and all became one.

A Passage To India Forster, E. M. 1924

For when maidens are proud like the milkmaidens cold,

Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk Howard Pyle 1882

Ponggal festival, the organisers had to rope in milkmaidens from godforsaken parts of the island where food comes in the form of ambling legs and soil-stained leaves.

The annotated budak 2009

Ponggal festival, the organisers had to rope in milkmaidens from godforsaken parts of the island where food comes in the form of ambling legs and soil-stained leaves.

The annotated budak 2009