Sri Lankan sports

Did you know that sri lanka plays, cricket, football, and rugby? Made errors. Did you know that Sri Lanka plays cricket, football, and rugby? They play these sports because, they play for fun, competition, and for scholarships. Whoops, made another mistake. They play these sports because they play for fun, competition, and for scholarships. i want to visit sri lanka someday to have fun with some of my friends in Sri Lanka and make new friends. Oh my supercalifragilisticexpalidocious. I made another mistake. I want to visit Sri Lanka someday to have fun with some of my friends in Sri Lanka and make new friends. Lastly, I want to visit the capital of Sri Lanka because I want to meet the president and I want to see the building where the president lives and works.

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Most of you eat chicken in your daily lives right? Well try to eat lamb gross right? The most common dish non-vegetarians eat are chicken and lamb. When we eat food we silverware such as forks, knives, and spoons, not in India they use their fingers or bread to eat. There are many types of breads that get served with certain meals such as, naan, a oven baked flatbread and batoora a fluffy flatbread that’s common in North India. I've never had Indian food or even thought about tasting some. As I learned these few things about North India it really makes me want to learn more new things. So do yo want to learn new things about your country?

Goat Grabbing

Buzkashi, which literally means "goat grabbing", is the national sport of Afghanistan. In the game of Buzkashi, a headless carcass is placed in the center of a circle and surrounded by the players of two opposing teams. The object of the game is to get control of the carcass and bring it to the scoring area.This may seem like a simple task, but it is not. Only the most masterful players, called chapandaz, ever even get close to the carcass. The competition is fierce, and the winner of a match receives prizes that have been donated by a certain sponsor. These prizes range from money, to fine turbans and clothes. Honestly, I think it would be kind of gross to grab a headless goat, but I think it would also be very interesting to watch. Would you want to play the “goat grabbing” game of Afghanistan?

Diwali

Diwali is the festival of lights. Diwali is when Indian’s play around with fireworks, and they also make designs with this powdery kind of material. On Diwali the girls and women wear saris and half saris. The men wear pants and shirts. We eat sweets on Diwali. The types of sweets that we eat (that are also my favorite kinds of sweets) are gulab jamun, Jalebi,, rava laddu, kaju barfi and etc. The story behind Diwali is based on a book called Ramayana. It’s about a prince named Rama who lived in Ayodhya. Rama gets sent to the forest for fourteen years with his brother Lakshmana and his wife Sita. They stay in the forest and then one day Sita got kidnapped by this bad, cruel king named Ravana. Ravana ruled an Island kingdom named Lanka. Rama fought Ravana and saved Sita. Then Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana went back to Ayodhya and the people of Ayodhya celebrated the day Rama came back to  the kingdom with fireworks and sweets. That day is now known as Deepavali and it is also called as Diwali.

Festivals in India

I am going to write about a festifal, Pongal, celebrated in southern India. Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. On the first day, people celebrate Indra, the king of Gods. The second day, they do prayers of ceremonial worship to Indra. On the third day, they feed and decorate the cows because cow is God’s favowrite animal. On the final day, they eat the sweets, and sprinkle turmeric water, limestone, rice on the front of there homes. Many other festivals are also celebrated in India. Diwali is a traditional celebration where you light candles and lamps around the house. This celebration can last up to five days. Another Indian festival is Holi, which celebrates good over evil. It is also called “the festival of colors” because people throw colored powder on one another. There are too many festivals in India. What do you think about these celebrations?l

 

This is picture of Diwali in India                                 This is a picture of Pongal in India

This is a picture of Holi in India

Have You Even Heard of This Place?

The Maldives. Even though you may or may not have heard of them until now, I already find them interesting. Eid-ul Al’h’aa is the longest festival in the country. It is five-seven days long and people make plans way in advance to visit relatives and friends on other islands.

Traditional music, games, foods and fun have a large place in this festival. Every person of all ages and gender participate in this annual celebration. I think that this festival would be fun because it is so long. We don’t really have any festivals (that I can think of) that last that long here. To me, it would be more engaging because it’s quite a while to be focused on one thing, and that would make it special as I could just be focused on that one thing. If you were ever going to a Maldives Festival, how would you approach it?

food, yum, yum

Most of you have had/eat chicken right? Well, try lamb, yuck!!! Chicken and lamb are the most common main dishes for the people who are not non-vegetarians. Forks, spoons, and knives, that’s what we usually eat food with right? Most Indian food is eaten with your fingers, or bread which is used as your utensils. There are a lot of kind of breads that get served with meals, including naan, a leavened, oven-baked flatbread, and bhatoora, a fluffy flatbread common in North India, and eaten with chickpea curry. All this food talking makes me hungry! I have tried Indian food once, and I actually liked it! I don't remember what it was called though. Some of these breads sound weird, or maybe even gross to you, but trying something new is always good. Would you try any of these?