| Dewali - The Hindu Festival of Lights Today being Saturday [Sunichar] everyone was at the beaches. I stayed behind to help.
The school porch was decorated with crepe paper and flowers.
I drew a couple of enlargements of Dewali cards on blackboards and one very large one that we hung out on the porch.
Jas and I collected small twigs and and set up a small fire decorated with colored chalk and flowers. Narayan
led us in the ceremony. A lot of symbolism. Scooping with with a leaf then placing it on your lips for purification of your
speech, etc... We also threw rice onto the fire at certain signals. Actually was a very short ceremony. [ed - The big
celebration happens tomorrow].
Dennis threw a birthday party and the Ito's came over for it. There was lots to eat and drink. They taught us to play
Sakura [ed - Japanese card game aka Hanfuda]. |
