Today I woke up at 8am, ate breakfast (prepared by my wonderful host mother) and was out the door and in an auto by 9:15am. The auto took me to BVM school, which is where me and the other exchange students take our kathak and tabla classes. From there, the other students and I went in search of another auto. Like most times, we had around 4 autos surrounding us, 3 out of the 4 already filled with people. I am not sure if the drivers planned on dumping out there passengers and taking us or if they just stopped to marvel at the Americans! Either way, we found an empty one and made our way to the Madame Principal's house (the principle of BVM school). She had invited us to a pooja(celebration) for her Goddess. After performing the pooja, which consisted of throwing a handful of pedals on a beautifully decorated temple, we were served lunch. It was delicious! I even had something that tasted like key lime pie :)
At 2pm we met our kathak teacher at the school where I taught her ballet, Felix taught German dance, Zevi taught Waltz and Salsa and Britney taught Tap. It was a lot of fun!! At 5pm, after dancing all afternoon Britney and I went to Jaripatka (my neighborhood) and shopped for kurti fabric. I am becoming quite the expert at bargaining, but my host mom is still in 1st place out of anyone I know! After my mom took me to the tailors to have some kurtis and suits made, I helped her cut tomatoes, onions, and paneer to make khatti rolls, which are one of my favorite meals here. The dinner was delicious!
I miss everyone and hope you are all doing well :)
Namaste,
Hannah
At 2pm we met our kathak teacher at the school where I taught her ballet, Felix taught German dance, Zevi taught Waltz and Salsa and Britney taught Tap. It was a lot of fun!! At 5pm, after dancing all afternoon Britney and I went to Jaripatka (my neighborhood) and shopped for kurti fabric. I am becoming quite the expert at bargaining, but my host mom is still in 1st place out of anyone I know! After my mom took me to the tailors to have some kurtis and suits made, I helped her cut tomatoes, onions, and paneer to make khatti rolls, which are one of my favorite meals here. The dinner was delicious!
I miss everyone and hope you are all doing well :)
Namaste,
Hannah
