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Today was one of the most inspiring days of my life. My team was invited to the annual festival celebrating the "changing of the suns direction" where we were the guests of honor. We were greeted by a large crowd of men and woman (both genders were separate)
We sat down at the front of the ceremony in front of hundreds of beautiful woman in colorful sarees and suddenly we were hoarded by woman giving us sugar in our hands and pouring it into our mouths. By the end my hand was overflowing with sugar treats and my mouth was stuffed to the rim. Many of the women also dotted a bindi on my forehead which had spread all over my face, the woman seemed to find this funny haha
During the ceremony the woman performed songs they had written about "Say no to Dowry" and "Keep your baby girls". In exchange we performed the hockey pocky and waltz sing Matilda. We also danced a traditional Indian dance where 2 people hold each others hands and spin in circles. I'm not sure if the aim is the spin out if control, but most people went crazy fast.
By the end the group had taken so many photos my face hurt. At some points I was all very overwhelming. I'm not used to getting this much attention ever and the fact that they organized the whole program around us was really amazing.
We followed the organiser of the festival to his home nearby for some chai. We walked over agricultural fields and talked about the local water sources. There were a few woman and men working on the fields even though it was a public holiday. One woman and her husband we spoke to were cutting a type of green grass that is used for cow food. They even let us all have a go. It amazes me that everyone you meet here is so friendly and willing to help.
Hayley and I joined the women for lunch and the boys went for chai with the men. The woman showed us how to roll out capoti bread and we had a hand in making some. I rolled it out and flipped it on the hot stone, nearly burning myself i might add. Hayley throw hers half on the stone and half in the fire, whoops. The woman were entertained as they were much quicker at making them then us.
After an amazing lunch of our handmade capoti and curries from locally sourced ingredients, Hayley and I tried on some of the woman's spare sarees, they were beautiful and we really bonded with the woman. They loved wrapping us up in these beautiful fabrics like little dolls.
Most of the woman went home and we were left with the owned of the house and her 2 adorable hyperactive kids. They showed off their English skills by reciting a slightly jumbled up alphabet. Their mum didn't speak much English but we were still able to relate with her stress with the kids running around and have a laugh with her.
We sat down at the front of the ceremony in front of hundreds of beautiful woman in colorful sarees and suddenly we were hoarded by woman giving us sugar in our hands and pouring it into our mouths. By the end my hand was overflowing with sugar treats and my mouth was stuffed to the rim. Many of the women also dotted a bindi on my forehead which had spread all over my face, the woman seemed to find this funny haha
During the ceremony the woman performed songs they had written about "Say no to Dowry" and "Keep your baby girls". In exchange we performed the hockey pocky and waltz sing Matilda. We also danced a traditional Indian dance where 2 people hold each others hands and spin in circles. I'm not sure if the aim is the spin out if control, but most people went crazy fast.
By the end the group had taken so many photos my face hurt. At some points I was all very overwhelming. I'm not used to getting this much attention ever and the fact that they organized the whole program around us was really amazing.
We followed the organiser of the festival to his home nearby for some chai. We walked over agricultural fields and talked about the local water sources. There were a few woman and men working on the fields even though it was a public holiday. One woman and her husband we spoke to were cutting a type of green grass that is used for cow food. They even let us all have a go. It amazes me that everyone you meet here is so friendly and willing to help.
Most of the woman went home and we were left with the owned of the house and her 2 adorable hyperactive kids. They showed off their English skills by reciting a slightly jumbled up alphabet. Their mum didn't speak much English but we were still able to relate with her stress with the kids running around and have a laugh with her.
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