Beauty pageant to find Miss & Mr. Donkey

At Looniyawas, around 20 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan state of India, a donkey fair is held every year & it's on nowadays. It's a 500-year-old traditional donkey fair. Over here Donkeys from various parts of the country come for a three-day fair.

Traders have also caparisoned their donkeys and horses in a bid to entice the highest bidder.

"I came here on Thursday from Gujarat and since then I have been busy dressing up my donkeys. In today's world it is necessary to have good packaging to get a higher price," said Ram Singh, a donkey seller He said he must have put in at least Rs.1,000 on decking up his four donkeys.

As per Bhagwat Singh Rajawat, the vice-president of the fair organising committee, "We are trying our best to make the fair attractive, and on Saturday we have planned a beauty pageant where Miss Donkey and Mr. Donkey of the fair would be chosen by a panel of judges."

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