{"id":14942,"date":"2019-02-14T05:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T05:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/?p=14942"},"modified":"2019-02-19T04:51:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:51:53","slug":"indian-life-carlota-martorell-faus-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/indian-life-carlota-martorell-faus-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Life and Pregnancy Function – Carlota Martorell Faus, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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So far, I have\nbeen 5 months living in India. In this time, I had the chance to live in an Indian\nfamily, an experience that I love specially for the time spent with my host\nbrother and sister, as well as for the conversations with my host parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am working\nin the Youth Development Project, and I am enjoying a lot visiting schools on a\nweekly basis, and facilitating non-formal education sessions. My favourite part\nof this project is to see the Indian youth enjoying the activities and reaching\ninteresting reflections and personal growth. I also love to do other things\nsuch as supporting the FSL-India staff in anything they need – because it means\nspending beautiful time with all of them, doing mural paintings in schools,\nhelping the work camp volunteers or improving the CEL\u2019s sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regarding my\nfree time, I enjoy travelling whenever I have free time. Last month, I visited\nArambol (Goa), Kochi (Kerala) and also Hampi for the second time. Anywhere I go,\nI always end up meeting very nice local people that share many things with me,\nand I also discover new, wonderful places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover,\nduring weekdays I join the early morning yoga sessions in the temple. Even\nthough I didn\u2019t use to be a morning person, I feel great waking up early and\nstarting the day with such a good energy and full of power and peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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B<\/strong>On the 18th<\/sup> of January, the volunteers Nina and Paul (Germany), Francesca and Linda (Italy), Hanan (Sweden) and Carlota (Spain) together with the FSL-staff Dinesh and Mayur attended the Bayake\/Seemantha (pregnancy) function of Reshma (Dinesh\u2019s sister).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the morning, everyone met in Kundapura and we went together to Dinesh\u2019s house, where they met some members of the family who were getting ready for the function: dressing up, packing sweets, helping each other. Once everything was ready, everyone got into a bus that drove them to where the function took place, which was the Shivakrupa Hall. It is located in Sathan, near Udupi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinesh and\nMayur took all the volunteers to the nearby temple dedicated to Shiva, and they\nexplained several curiosities about it. The volunteers could learn about some\npractices going on in the temple, such as a funeral pooja, as well as they\ncould ask many questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After that, they\nall went to the main hall where they could see Reshma sitting in a beautiful\nchair. As it is done traditionally in the pregnancy functions, there was a huge\namount of sweets in front of her, which had been prepared by her family during the\nprevious days. Some of the varieties included ellu unde (sesame seeds balls),\nmodaka, karjikai and orange and yellow chakkuli. The closest women were\nbringing all these sweets onto the stage where Reshma was sitting, in order to\nmake her happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meaning of\n\u201cBayeke\u201d is that every wish of the pregnant woman will be fulfilled, and it is\ndone to welcome the new member into the family. This function is done only for\nthe first pregnancy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterwards,\nevery woman attending the function lined up to give their blessings and love to\nthe future mum and baby. It is done by applying kumkum powder on the forehead\nand turmeric powder on the cheeks of Reshma, as well as by throwing some rice\non her head. Some pictures were taken, and then lunch took place. It was served\non a banana leaf and it included many delicious types of vegetarian food. Some\nsweets were distributed to all the attendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, it was a lovely event and everybody enjoyed themselves a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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…<\/p>\n

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