Once again, we arrived to see the waiting crowd. We were given a head dress, a bindi, and another ride in an oxen cart. We rode through the village, following the local musicians and dancers. Today, the children and their parents were seated together during the opening presentations. Everyone was so attentive, including the kids. It was so heart warming to see everyone so interested in all the activities. We were treated to two traditional dances performed by the girls and a dance from the boys that was more of a popular song. All three were amazing!
We had a great day handing out all the bedkits to the children! We even created a kazoo band featuring four young boys! They were quite talented.
After all our work was done, we went to a villager’s house, who made us a dinner featuring one of their crops, chickpeas! They dried and ground them,and mixed them with garlic, onions, and other herbs and spices. It was delicious!! We tried to obtain the recipe, but were not successful.
Afterwards, we were invited into some local houses. It was interesting to see that they keep their cattle right outside their front door to keep them safe. One of the houses had onions wrapped around a beam in the rafters. None of us had seen that before!
We finished up our visit in Bahirwadi by riding off into the sunset. What a perfect ending to a perfect day!
1,000 bedkits were distributed today to the children.
Team Pune 2014
