several years ago i spent a few months in india doing tsunami relief work and traveling. i didn't realize i'd been bitten by the india bug until i moved back to my comfortable, yet predictable life in new york. it didn't take long for me to relocate to india full-time to try to make a life. now, after three years in mumbai, i split my time between america's east coast and india's west coast. the difference between life here and life there is that everything in india begs to be written about.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Line em up, Move em Out
My rickshaw had to pull to the side of the road this morning for a procession, from shortest to tallest, of boys wearing red and orange togas. Each of the smallest boys, only 4 or 5 years old, carried a single lily. Behind them was a long line of women in beautiful white Keralan saris.
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To be honest, I don't really know. I had passed by this street about 10 minutes before, and a group of people was rolling out a red carpet and sprinkling marigold petals on it. But, there are so many celebrations here that it's hard to know without asking someone involved--which I didn't do because I was en route to an appointment. I think that there is some sort of South Indian celebration happening right now--for one of the Gods...but that's all I know.
So do you know what this was about? Was it a celebration? An exercise?
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I don't really know. I had passed by this street about 10 minutes before, and a group of people was rolling out a red carpet and sprinkling marigold petals on it. But, there are so many celebrations here that it's hard to know without asking someone involved--which I didn't do because I was en route to an appointment. I think that there is some sort of South Indian celebration happening right now--for one of the Gods...but that's all I know.
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