It was a rainy day so our original plans were changed due to the weather. Instead we first took the kids for an Indian snack of poori (fried bread), potatoes, and mild dahl on a banana leaf.
Amazing how the kids are adventurous when their parents aren't around. Most of my friends swore their kids wouldn't try it, but I have photo evidence showing them eating it and LOVING it. :)
We then visited the Sri Veerama Kaliamann Temple where there were lots of school children, tourists and devotees wandering around. Everyone is accepted here, no one excluded and they are quite used to tourists, especially this time of the year. Before entering your senses are peaked as the sounds of Indian music and the smells of jasmine and oil lamp incense burning. The temple is decorated beautifully with garlands of flowers and fabric decorating the gods.
Our last stop was the Deepavali market at Campbell Lane. There are bangles, lanterns, handicrafts, costumes, henna stalls, and the ever popular peacock feathers. It seemed like every school in Singapore was having a field trip to Little India today, but it made for brisk business for the stall holders.
We were given a list of things to buy from their teacher, and the kids in my group were excited and loved searching for those items.
When they returned to school, a mother of one of the students in his class came in and did a presentation about Deepavali. She brought in traditional Indian spices, goodies, and henna. Grant learned so much and was excited to come home and share that knowledge of Deepavali to Brian, Maddie and I.
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