Some photos

The day after the wedding feast was the third day of the wedding in Khanyara. There was a procession with the bride and groom and music! Here is the bride in this tent. 

The groom is the man with the brightly-coloured thing on.

When they got to the end of the road there was a jeep waiting for the bride and groom plus a bus for lots of people. I don't know where the people were going because I think the bride and groom go off together on their own. 

Here are some of our decorations for Maa-Beti Mela. Some of the SATH workers strung them on the roof which made a really pretty sight. Then we took them down and they'll go up tomorrow morning at the school where the festival is held.

This is the Knowledge Centre in Khanyara. We are making flags that people will wave during a song at the festival. It's amazing how much detail and effort goes into these preparations- so many handmade posters and decorations. In Canada we'd just get things printing in masses. For the flags we bought fabric, cut it into triangles, sewed slits for posts, painted "Maa-Beti Mela" on each flag, cut posts out of bamboo with a small machete-looking thing, stuck them in the flags, and taped the posts so they weren't sliver-y. We ended up with 187 flags. Imagine the hours that went into this!!! I was happy I had some sewing skills to contribute. I sewed and taped many flags.  

The view of McLeodganj from Baghsu Road.

Our coffee and cake! I already miss it just looking at this photo.

Two women selling Tibetan crafts on Temple Road in McLeodganj. This whole road was lined with stalls . Also the town is in a cloud- most of the time I think!