I figured out how to post pictures! It takes a really long time to load though, so here are just a meager few from the Pongal celebration yesterday! We drove in a big bus to a village where they celebrated by making rounds of the village on cow-drawn carts. The carts held about a dozen children- or 6 of us! Pongal is the Tamil New Year, and it is a festival of abundance and greeting. We drove around the village shouting, "Pongalo! Pongalo! Pongalo!" This means "Happy Pongal". The villagers were all so welcoming and happy to share their traditions with us. It was a great time!
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| This villager was making a piece of art at a temple in the forest. |
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| In the village where we celebrated Pongal, a father and mother celebrate together |
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| Baby cow gets some rest from all the festivities |
Heather-
ReplyDeleteI am so incredibly inspired by your journey in Auroville so far. Your ability to express yourself seems very essential for the amount of spiritual growth you are undergoing. You are able to beautifully express the raw depths of human emotion. For this, I thank you. Your journey is enlightening and important for many of us to pay attention to. Ever since we were little girls, I knew I was lucky to have you as a friend. I was proud just to know you. You have such an open mind and an open heart. Being around such like-minded people as yourself is probably very nurturing and inspiring and im sure somewhat challenging. We never stop growing spiritually and it seems that you are enduring a new sense of life and what it means to take a breathe. I love you Heather. You are in my heart every day. I cannot wait for you to bring home some wisdom and to give you the biggest hug. Your an angel.
Love your soul sista
-Jessie
I love you Jessie so infinitely! Thank you for your LOVE my sistah!
ReplyDeletehii how r u? i love tha cow picture its so pretty and cute u should take him home!!!!!
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