hey i know they are all faded by now, but i realized no one had yet told you all about our lovely henna tattoos that will appear in a lot of our pictures!
a few nights ago now, we went to a contest of "ragoli" (i'm not sure if that is spelled right, but that is how i think it sounds!) murals, where the students got into groups of 4 or 5 and each filled a few feet of marble floor in the main hall with a mural. the murals were scketched out in chalk and then filled in with all kinds of colorful materials like colored sand or salt or dried flowers...some even lit candles to finish them off! they were beautiful, and some were slogans against pollution or terrorism. the students here are wonderful artists!
not only can they do gorgeous floor art, but a few of them (more and more volunteered as the night went on) did henna art on our hands and arms, which was BEAUTIFUL! we had to leave a thick layer of henna paint on our designs for two hours, and when we peeled it off, it left the classic orange stain in traditional designs! thanks, india!
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