Women's festival this week and three new volunteers!
Today is a holiday in Nepal, which is something I just found out this morning. You might think that it could have been in the calender, but no. In Sweden when there is a day off, all kids are really excited about it but here the children seem to like being in school more than being at home. Maybe this is due to the fact that they have to clean the house if there is a holiday (and you're a girl).
Yesterday and the day before yesterday we celebrated the women's festival in the Hindu temple just round the corner from my school. It is more a shed than a temple really, but it works well for singing and dancing in. Live music and a lot of dancing is what happens during the night (until 10, when everyone goes to bed) and a priest is talking during the days. Everyone is trying to get me to dance but I know I'm really bad in comparison to the Nepali people and I also know that everyone will stop what they're doing and stare at me if I dance. I have danced a bit however, just because I've been forced. It was a lot of fun, I really liked it. What bothers me is just that everyone starts pointing the light as well as their fingers at me as soon as I get up and dance. Three new volunteers arrived yesterday and they were just as bad at dancing as I am so that was good (for me). These two last nights have been great because I have actually known a lot of people in the temple, more than I thought I knew in this town. I have become friends with a really nice Nepali girl named Josana and I have talked a lot with the woman who is running the orphanage.
The other day I found out that the family I'm staying with has money problems and they don't know if they will be able to send their only son to university. I think (I'm not totally sure though) that the cost for a month in university is about 700rupies, which is about 70 kr. Feels like I should contribute with money to make the university possible but I'm not sure of what to do. Ideas? Many people have asked me for money but I have no idea of what to do about that so up until now I haven't bought anything.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about the most interesting thing that happened today. I woke up and was told that there had been a rhino running in the rice fields just outside our house. The kids in the orphanage had seen it and so had the daughters in my host family, I did not see it. I can see why people don't go out when it's dark if rhinos are running through the streets at night. Exciting, hoping I will see the next rhino!
I will try to upload pictures from the festival soon!
Today is a holiday in Nepal, which is something I just found out this morning. You might think that it could have been in the calender, but no. In Sweden when there is a day off, all kids are really excited about it but here the children seem to like being in school more than being at home. Maybe this is due to the fact that they have to clean the house if there is a holiday (and you're a girl).
Yesterday and the day before yesterday we celebrated the women's festival in the Hindu temple just round the corner from my school. It is more a shed than a temple really, but it works well for singing and dancing in. Live music and a lot of dancing is what happens during the night (until 10, when everyone goes to bed) and a priest is talking during the days. Everyone is trying to get me to dance but I know I'm really bad in comparison to the Nepali people and I also know that everyone will stop what they're doing and stare at me if I dance. I have danced a bit however, just because I've been forced. It was a lot of fun, I really liked it. What bothers me is just that everyone starts pointing the light as well as their fingers at me as soon as I get up and dance. Three new volunteers arrived yesterday and they were just as bad at dancing as I am so that was good (for me). These two last nights have been great because I have actually known a lot of people in the temple, more than I thought I knew in this town. I have become friends with a really nice Nepali girl named Josana and I have talked a lot with the woman who is running the orphanage.
The other day I found out that the family I'm staying with has money problems and they don't know if they will be able to send their only son to university. I think (I'm not totally sure though) that the cost for a month in university is about 700rupies, which is about 70 kr. Feels like I should contribute with money to make the university possible but I'm not sure of what to do. Ideas? Many people have asked me for money but I have no idea of what to do about that so up until now I haven't bought anything.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about the most interesting thing that happened today. I woke up and was told that there had been a rhino running in the rice fields just outside our house. The kids in the orphanage had seen it and so had the daughters in my host family, I did not see it. I can see why people don't go out when it's dark if rhinos are running through the streets at night. Exciting, hoping I will see the next rhino!
I will try to upload pictures from the festival soon!
Hej Sabina. Tror du ska vara försiktig med pengagåvor medan du är där. Kolla med organisationen om policy och råd om hur man bäst tacklar sådana förfrågningar. Kram
ReplyDeleteJa jag kommer inte ge nagra pengar nu i alla fall, men kanns som jag borde ge till nagot/nagon innan jag lamnar landet. Ska fundera lite mer pa det. Men tack for rad och tips!
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