This year, our neighborhood was quite active for Dusshera. At one end of our street, one of the major political parties here, set up a Dusshera celebration. Here are some guys putting the effigies together and filling it full of fireworks! They had quite the political statement for their celebration. (Basically that expensive water, fuel, electricity, diesel, gas, etc and FDI (bringing in foreign companies like Wal-Mart) are like Raverna (the demon god)... and are the evils of today....) Here's their set-up at the end of our street.... you can't see it very well, but they had all three effigies there that they burned.... They burned VERY quickly at this one... So quickly that by the time I pulled out my camera, it was already on the ground!! Our street looked like those CNN videos of rioting cities :) haha!! There was burning stuff all over the street :) Many people will get a piece of the leftover wood/bamboo...
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We're asking that everyone gets to come home soon, healthy and happy.
Dee Shackelford
(Annie's mom)
I think you look very pretty.
Tell the nurses to stretch you out and measure you. And not to swaddle you in 800 blankets.
A request for those not willing to say: Once you're home and making videos of your sweet girl, make one where you say her name several times over so we can all say it correctly:)
Yay for sweet Aashini...we're so glad you're here!
Amanda (Jones) Davidson