dancing with the village kids

dancing withthe village kids, originally uploaded by craigeubank.

On the final day, sisters and brothers come together to exchange tikas and gifts. The brothers receive a tika and garlands and the sisters receive gifts. It was nice to see the sibling love, the old and the young.
During the last two nights there’s a lot of dancing and drinking. The entire group we were with got up and danced with the local village people that came to our lodge. The tradition is that kids will dance and sing in the streets and at your door, a bit like Christmas carolers, but you have to pay them to leave or in this case, to let you stop dancing. It was a blast, especially watching the little kids and drunk villagers getting down. Out of all the festivals we’ve experienced, Tihar has been the most fun.