The night of love of the beautiful Rajput princess.
Act I of an erotic tale taking place in Rajasthan

A more precise image, the mysterious mazes of love, a young and pretty Rajput bride released from her purdah, my alleviated memory, for one moment in peace.
A crowd suddenly breaks, brass bands with shinny coppers, flashy women, men wearing the turban, carnival din, arrogant Mercedes, sparking young girls like charms, haughty camels, an elephant artistically painted run through the crowd, like a ship in distress: a canopy elephant overlapped by a prince come out from an other time, dressed of an achkan of invaluable brocarts, for the removal of his beautiful and young promised, legendary images that sprinkle my memory.
Marco Polo or the imaginary journey (translated from Contes et légendes, février 1998) © 1998 Jean-Pierre Lapointe
Trame sonore empruntée aux archives du Web: Shanghai de Jean-Michel Jarre