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LTV Cultural Event May-19: Housewarming Ceremony at Hemmadi

LTV Cultural Event May-19: Housewarming Ceremony at Hemmadi

On 6th of May, FSL-India Kundapur organised a Cultural Event for 2 LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Kundapur. This month, the Cultural Event was mainly focused on a housewarming ceremony at Hemmadi. Mrs Geetha, FSL-India’s staff invited us to the housewarming ceremony of her new house on 5th June night, which lasted till 6th morning. The…

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Visit to an Indian Marriage with traditional Indian attire – LTV Cultural Event, April 2019

Visit to an Indian Marriage with traditional Indian attire – LTV Cultural Event, April 2019

On 22nd of April 2019, FSL-India Kundapur organised a Cultural Event for 2 LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Kundapur. This month, the Cultural Event was mainly focused on an Indian Marriage. LTV Coordinator Dinesh’s friend named Bharath was getting married, so he invited FSL-India’s volunteers to his marriage. First, we all met at Kundapura bus station…

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Women’s Day Celebration at ODP, Mysore – Laura Kirsi Maria Saukkonen, Media & PR

Women’s Day Celebration at ODP, Mysore – Laura Kirsi Maria Saukkonen, Media & PR

On 12th March 2019, Organisation for the Development of People (ODP), Mysore where I’m based as a volunteer, organised an amazing women’s day celebration. 3000 members of the women’s self-help groups supported by ODP were invited. For the occasion, I also decided to wear a saree, a traditional Indian dress. Lucky thing I did, since as a surprise, I was invited on the stage with all the honorable guests and women activists. Everyone I met was very pleased that I…

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LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – May 2019

LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – May 2019

On 21st May 2019, FSL-India’s Pondicherry coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Pondicherry. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on Indian Cooking. Tamil Indian Cooking: A typical Tamil meal consists of many spicy and non-spicy dishes. Many of these dishes are generally mixed and eaten with steamed…

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Orientation at CEL, Kundapur – April 2019

Orientation at CEL, Kundapur – April 2019

From 1st-5th April 2019, FSL-India hosted 6 Long-Term Volunteers from Germany and Spain. For this orientation, FSL-India organised different events for the exchange of ICL (Inter-Cultural Learning). The sessions conducted were an ‘Indian’ welcome, introduction to FSL-India, local language class, practical information, Indian lifestyle, safety and project information, volunteer’s role and responsibilities. It was observed that the participants were interested to know about Indian culture and practices. The volunteers actively participated in the orientation. Some feedback from our volunteers: Very…

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2 Volunteers Blessed by the Goddess: LTV Cultural Event at Kollur – February 2019

2 Volunteers Blessed by the Goddess: LTV Cultural Event at Kollur – February 2019

FSL-India’s LTV Cultural Event was held on 2nd March 2019, with 2 volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers, where we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Kundapur. In the morning, we left from the meeting point and started our visit of Kollur Sri Mookambika temple with a bus journey. Historically, the temple is at least 1200 years old. We spent an hour’s time at the temple,…

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LTV Cultural Event at Mysore, February 2019

LTV Cultural Event at Mysore, February 2019

In the month of February 2019, FSL-India’s LTV Cultural Visit was held on 14th and 15th February 2019, with 1 volunteer, at Mysore. We took Victoria, our volunteer from Denmark to Mysore which is known as Karnataka’s Cultural City. We visited cultural and historical places which are located in and around Mysore. This month, the cultural visit was focused on an actual cultural experience. In the morning, the FSL-India group started their travel from the Mysore accommodation to Amba Vilas…

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Indian Life at Moodu Giliyaru Kota!!- Pia Bremann, Germany

Indian Life at Moodu Giliyaru Kota!!- Pia Bremann, Germany

Hello!!! I‘m  Pia from Germany.  Here, I want to share my life for the last 6 months in India. I changed my project at the end of November into a completely new project. I am the first volunteer for my host family and my project, and the first foreigner in my small village called Giliyaru. That is why the first week was very exciting for everyone.  In my host family, I live together with my host parents, their 2 daughters…

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Indian Life and Pregnancy Function – Carlota Martorell Faus, Spain

Indian Life and Pregnancy Function – Carlota Martorell Faus, Spain

So far, I have been 5 months living in India. In this time, I had the chance to live in an Indian family, an experience that I love specially for the time spent with my host brother and sister, as well as for the conversations with my host parents. I am working in the Youth Development Project, and I am enjoying a lot visiting schools on a weekly basis, and facilitating non-formal education sessions. My favourite part of this project…

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Attending an Indian wedding: LTV Cultural Event, Mysore – January 2019

Attending an Indian wedding: LTV Cultural Event, Mysore – January 2019

On 26th January 2019, FSL-India-Mysore’s Coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Mysore. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on an Indian Cultural theme, and we took our volunteers to an Indian Christian wedding. Our idea of a typical Christian wedding revolves around frothy white dresses, tons of…

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