Oh momma, the last weeks back in Chennai were sooooooo extremely boring!
It was some kind of monsoon time, I guess, because it rained cats and dogs almost every day.
And very soon after we were back in Chennai, Uli and Mona, both, got sick. The doctor called it Dengue Fiever and they did nothing but sleep all day long....
zzzzz....zzzzzzzzzzz....zzzzzzzzz......
and so we didn't make anything exciting and I couldn't make any updates on my own... I really got upset, I tell you.....
But since few days my hosts have recovered more or less and we used a holiday to the way down to the beach of Mahabalipuram.
The Hindu People were celebrating Diwali these days.
Diwali (or Deepavali) is a major Hindu holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Lights," where people light deyas (small clay pots filled with coconut oil and a cotton like string(wick)is inserted) to signify victory of good over the evil within an individual.
Diwali is celebrated on the new moon day (approx fifteenth day) of the month Kartika.
In Hinduism, across many parts of India and Nepal, it is the homecoming of Lord Ram of Ayodhya, after a 14-year exile in the forest and his victory over the evil demon-king Ravan. In the legend, the people of Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) welcomed Ram by lighting rows (avali) of lamps (deepa), thus its name: Deepavali.
So today, the people put out lights and candles, employees gets benefits and presents and also the children gets presents, in all the shops you get special Diwali Offers and in Chennai they burnt fireworks, 2 days, NONSTOP!!!!
It's unbelieveble, really!
So, WE escaped to the beach, away from the chaos.....
