Diner Invitation
Last week on Tuesday, we had a holiday. It is the start of a new month in the Nepali calendar and in this month, people rest and the plants (rice, maize) that were planted in the previous months will just grow. On this day, families come together and lots of animals will be sacrificed to the gods and then later eaten. Women dress in green and red saris and they wear green arm rings at their hand wrists. Also really typical are the mendis that are painted at the female’s left hand balm. On this day, Alastair and Wiebke walked in the afternoon along our street where we meet Rashem, one of the science teachers. He invited us spontaneously to his place where we met his wife, daughter, sister and parents. It was really nice and we spend 2 hours there, getting some nice food and tea. Wiebke was then also asked to get a painting on her left hand and now she is a proud owner of her first mendi.
Last week on Tuesday, we had a holiday. It is the start of a new month in the Nepali calendar and in this month, people rest and the plants (rice, maize) that were planted in the previous months will just grow. On this day, families come together and lots of animals will be sacrificed to the gods and then later eaten. Women dress in green and red saris and they wear green arm rings at their hand wrists. Also really typical are the mendis that are painted at the female’s left hand balm. On this day, Alastair and Wiebke walked in the afternoon along our street where we meet Rashem, one of the science teachers. He invited us spontaneously to his place where we met his wife, daughter, sister and parents. It was really nice and we spend 2 hours there, getting some nice food and tea. Wiebke was then also asked to get a painting on her left hand and now she is a proud owner of her first mendi.
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