and sometimes I throw bananas at priests who are
attached to long poles...
yes, this is what I did today.
Durga Puja has been going on this past week and
one of the festivals that are included is
giving offerings (throwing bananas)
to a priest (who was representing a goddess)
on a very long pole.
Thousands of Indians were there to take part
in this festival which happened over the course of about 2 hours.
At some points in the procession
the crowd was getting pretty intense
and the police actually starting beating men
with sticks.
This was definitely not something I expected to do in my lifetime
but I had tons of fun doing it!
