Archive for January, 2008
India, Part 11: The Celebration
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
After the ladies were duly saried and we were presented with flower necklaces, we walked in a procession led by a local drum trio to the gathering place in the village – basically a big slab of concrete, where the entire town had gathered. There were probably around 500 people sitting around the “performance area” [...]
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India, Part 10: Pre-Party Preparations
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
Saturday, we finished up early at the worksite and scurried back to the hotel to get cleaned up for the celebration that was being planned in our honor in the village. The guys put on all the fancy pajamas that we purchased in town for the event and the ladies gathered up the saris that [...]
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India, Part 9: The Cricket Match
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
Just so you know, Cricket is by far the most popular sport in India. I won’t try to explain it in too much detail for my American friends, but it has a few similarities to baseball. When the boys in the village weren’t hounding us to take their photos, they were playing cricket. Some of [...]
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Happy Birthday Liam!
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
Liam turned 4 years old yesterday. Â We did lots of celebrating this weekend, mostly at other kid’s birthday parties (3 of them!), but we had lots of fun. On Friday, we brought cupcakes to Liam’s school and we had a little snack-time party. CLICK FOR PHOTOS
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Video: Worksite Entertainment
Posted on 26. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
As I mentioned, we busted our backsides helping to get the foundations for a few new homes above ground, but there was a break or two when the kids would come around and keep us company. They sang some songs, played some games and tried to teach us how to count in Tamil (unsuccessfully). Click [...]
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India, Part 8: Lunch Break at the Beach
Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
It took us ’til Wednesday to figure out that there was a full-on beach just 5 minutes from our worksite. So after a few of us quickly crammed some lunch down our throats, we grabbed our cameras and headed east, across an open field to the beach. I’m not sure what the kids were doing [...]
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India, Parts 6 & 7: The Locals and The Water Fight
Posted on 24. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
Today’s images don’t require much in the way of commentary, so I have dispensed (mostly) with the witty captions. These are the people that live in the village and whom will be receiving the homes once they are completed. Despite their fairly meager living arrangements they are generally very happy and playful which really made our [...]
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India, Part 5: The Work
Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
So here is a giant load of photos for you (97 to be precise). This is what we were all here for, the work. Since we were the first Habitat crew onsite, our tasks consisted mainly of digging holes to lay the foundations and building the foundations which involved mixing and hauling loads and loads [...]
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India, Part 4: Auroville & The Beach
Posted on 22. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
Sunday we had a full day planned. After breakfast, we hopped on our trusty bus and headed out of the city to Auroville. I won’t dig too deep into what Auroville is all about, you can check it out on your own on THEIR WEBSITE, but basically it is a concept community which is painstakingly planned [...]
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Video: Pondicherry Carnival
Posted on 21. Jan, 2008 by Rob.
I’m not sure if this carnival was actually associated with the 15th Annual International Yoga Festival, but it was directly behind the tent where the festival was being held, so… who knows? Click To Play play_blip_movie_618779();
