गूद्ब्ये, डेल्ही (फॉर नो)
Today was our last day in Delhi before we go to Dharamsala. We had more orientation stuff, and started some Tibetan language introduction. An awesome lady from another SIT program in India that studies arts/culture gave us a presentation on India and some cultural norms.
Do:
-Bargain all the time
Don't:
-Give something to someone with your left hand (the wiping one)
-Point the soles of your feet at someone
-Drink water gotten from anywhere but a hotel or nice looking shop or water that isn't bottled (well)
Also, we learned that we've gotten tons of words from Sanskrit (the mother of almost every language ever), such as jungle, bungalow, and punch (and more that I forgot). Punch is the word for "five;" when you punch someone, your fist has five fingers in it, and when you make punch, the drink, traditionally it had five things in it. Interesting.
They keep reminding us that we can't forget that we're in India, even while we're in the Tibetan community in Dharamsala. It's sort of tough to remember, since we're here focusing on Tibet, not India, though the two countries and cultures have very close and sometimes inseperable ties.
We leave Delhi tonight at around 10 to go by train up to Dharamsala. At about 7:30 a.m., after a 10 hour train ride, we'll stop at Panthakunt (?), about 3 hours away from Dharamsala, and go the rest of the way by jeep.
Oh, and there are tons of these little squirrel/chipmunk hybrids everywhere (small picture, I know).
Do:
-Bargain all the time
Don't:
-Give something to someone with your left hand (the wiping one)
-Point the soles of your feet at someone
-Drink water gotten from anywhere but a hotel or nice looking shop or water that isn't bottled (well)
Also, we learned that we've gotten tons of words from Sanskrit (the mother of almost every language ever), such as jungle, bungalow, and punch (and more that I forgot). Punch is the word for "five;" when you punch someone, your fist has five fingers in it, and when you make punch, the drink, traditionally it had five things in it. Interesting.
They keep reminding us that we can't forget that we're in India, even while we're in the Tibetan community in Dharamsala. It's sort of tough to remember, since we're here focusing on Tibet, not India, though the two countries and cultures have very close and sometimes inseperable ties.
We leave Delhi tonight at around 10 to go by train up to Dharamsala. At about 7:30 a.m., after a 10 hour train ride, we'll stop at Panthakunt (?), about 3 hours away from Dharamsala, and go the rest of the way by jeep.
Oh, and there are tons of these little squirrel/chipmunk hybrids everywhere (small picture, I know).
Cool weather, here I come.
posted by Stephen_I at
6:29 AM
6 Comments:
hey stephen i love reading your blog. Hope you and Darby are having an amazing time!
that was your sister by the way
man. that 3 hour jeep ride could take like punch hours
chipmunk not chipmonk... not a typist! Oh, and be careful!
We all agree, it's a regular chipmunk, not a hybrid! Gas but no electricity! Duck tape yourself to the train. Oh, and be careful!(This is the revised version as the original did show up before the above correction!) Should have sent some squirrels from home! We have plenty!
nifty.
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