Real-Life Quidditch Photos in India
These Kids Experienced Harry Potter in the Most Magical Way
Ever dream of spending a weekend afternoon playing quidditch? For a few lucky children in India, that fantasy did come true, thanks to their teacher.
Anshu Agarwal is currently a teacher in the small, remote village of Kalap, located in the Himalayas. In order to teach them English, Agarwal showed them the Harry Potter movies on Sundays. The students quickly fell in love with the world of witches and wizards, all wanting to become one themselves.
Some teachers would leave their dreams at that, but Agarwal had different plans. He built a wooden bench that stood at 1-foot tall and re-created broomsticks from the films. Over four Sundays, he took photos of the children on their broomsticks playing Quidditch. He then put the images together on Photoshop to create the effect that they were all playing a Quidditch match together.
The result? Kids who became witches and wizards — not just for the day, but for life. "The children now believe they can literally do anything now, being part of the magical world of Harry Potter," said Agarwal in an email. "I couldn't stop grinning as I knew I did manage to rope in some more magic in this already enchanted village."
Check out photos of the children's Qudditch journey and follow Agarwal on his Facebook and personal website to see more his work.
The kids flew around . . .
. . . And rode on broomsticks together!
It really looks like they're flying, right?
Of course they tried to catch the golden snitch.
The quaffle was thrown around as well.
Keepers did their best at keeping the quaffle out of the hoops.
Here's a group shot of the students flying on their broomsticks.
Here's Agarwal's collage of the entire experience.
