At our program house, we have wonderful people that cook for us. Yes, I know, we are completely spoiled. Anyways, Durga, our main cook, is pregnant, and Amy D. put on a Srimantam for her. A Srimantam is an Indian version of a baby shower. It was fun seeing these different baby shower traditions, after having gone to a couple of baby showers in America just a few months ago.
This is Durga. First there were quite a few ceremonies, probably to bring her good luck in what is to come.
During some of these ceremonies, our translator Rajalakshmi stood next to Durga because the pregnant woman is supposed to stand next to a married woman with no children.
One of the ceremonial parts involved Durga getting lots of bangles to put on her wrists. We each got to put a couple of them on her.
Then she sat in this cool throne thing.
This is Durga with some of her family.
And Durga with us students and a few translators.
Then there was food to give to everyone there. Sweets and fruits, which are always a plus :) Notice the cute half-size bananas. We have those all the time here. They have a slightly different flavor than regular bananas.
Our cute little neighbor girl came to this Srimantam. This is her enjoying the grapes she got.
After the Srimantam, the neighbors and friends that had come all left, and then the cooks and translators served us a really nice lunch traditional style. It was very kind of them.
The day was quite a success, and I think Durga enjoyed it a lot. We were all glad to be able to give her a special day, because after all, she feeds us wonderful food on a daily basis. We just plain love her!
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