Friday, September 24, 2004
The Man with a Tail
Some day last week was the start of a 10 days Hindi festival called ...... hmmm ..... well, thats not the point. Anyways, each family will buy its own statue of the elephant head god (Ganesh, this i remember) and place it at their homes for prayers. Our housekeepers got one too.
The guys setting up their mini-temple in the house.
On the weekend, there was a 42ft tall Ganesh statue on display on the street. Our friendly housekeeper, Raffi, suggested to take us there to see it. Me, being haven't seen so big of a Hindi statue before, agreed with joy.
Arriving there and seeing the statue is amazing. Lots of people lined up in front of the statue for prayers and, of course, photos.
Where the crowds are.
On our way to the place, we came across a guy who went all hardcore for this festival. By hardcore, I mean dressing up in abnormal clothes, or should I say no clothes, with a weird long tail sorta thing that he holds onto. I was delighted to see an Indian who goes all hardcore for his culture.
But to my surprise, dressing up for the festival is not hardcore enough. The next thing I know, while there was no one standing close to him, he started whiping himself with his tail. No no, it ain't one of those girly weak whip that you do with your friends. It is one of those hardcore torturing whip which you can hear the "Whippp Whippp" sound from the wind. It was like watching "Passion of the Christ" live right in front of me, except that it is in India and Jesus is whipping himself.
While I was giving my respect in my thought about how dedicated some people can be for their religion, that guy noticed us watching. Seeing how amazed we were, he proceeded to whiping himself even harder. Much harder.
"Wow, that's hardcore." I thought, seeing an honourable man doing his thing.
After a couple of whips, he walked up to us. I almost wanted to fall on my knees for the show of passion he has for his belief. But little did I know, he came up, put out his hand, shoke it a little, and looked right into us. At that moment of time, all my respect has been replaced with fear.
SHOOOWWW ME THE MONEY !!
Seeing his 6-packs and his hardcore sweaty tail, I didn't hesitate on ditching out 10 rupees for the show of respect, or should I say fear, that I have for him. But it seemed like 10 rupees couldn't heal the pain which he had suffered. So, he shoked his hand, and his hardcore sweaty tail, even more.
It is at that point that, my trustworthy buddy, Rohit, showed his courage by saying "Nan nan, sidn ewwsd noein dsjosfjo ennes indsj." (That's how hindi is to me).
Amazing. Never have I seen anyone being about to stand up against a man with 6 packs and a hardcore whipping sweaty tail. Now that's courage.
A bit shock. But the man with a tail cannot really do anything. So he proceed on his journey of endless whipping. And we went our own ways and never saw this man again.
Oh yeah, btw, I turned the comments for this blog from Members-only to Anyone. So feel free to leave comments.
The guys setting up their mini-temple in the house.
On the weekend, there was a 42ft tall Ganesh statue on display on the street. Our friendly housekeeper, Raffi, suggested to take us there to see it. Me, being haven't seen so big of a Hindi statue before, agreed with joy.
Arriving there and seeing the statue is amazing. Lots of people lined up in front of the statue for prayers and, of course, photos.
Where the crowds are.
On our way to the place, we came across a guy who went all hardcore for this festival. By hardcore, I mean dressing up in abnormal clothes, or should I say no clothes, with a weird long tail sorta thing that he holds onto. I was delighted to see an Indian who goes all hardcore for his culture.
But to my surprise, dressing up for the festival is not hardcore enough. The next thing I know, while there was no one standing close to him, he started whiping himself with his tail. No no, it ain't one of those girly weak whip that you do with your friends. It is one of those hardcore torturing whip which you can hear the "Whippp Whippp" sound from the wind. It was like watching "Passion of the Christ" live right in front of me, except that it is in India and Jesus is whipping himself.
While I was giving my respect in my thought about how dedicated some people can be for their religion, that guy noticed us watching. Seeing how amazed we were, he proceeded to whiping himself even harder. Much harder.
"Wow, that's hardcore." I thought, seeing an honourable man doing his thing.
After a couple of whips, he walked up to us. I almost wanted to fall on my knees for the show of passion he has for his belief. But little did I know, he came up, put out his hand, shoke it a little, and looked right into us. At that moment of time, all my respect has been replaced with fear.
SHOOOWWW ME THE MONEY !!
Seeing his 6-packs and his hardcore sweaty tail, I didn't hesitate on ditching out 10 rupees for the show of respect, or should I say fear, that I have for him. But it seemed like 10 rupees couldn't heal the pain which he had suffered. So, he shoked his hand, and his hardcore sweaty tail, even more.
It is at that point that, my trustworthy buddy, Rohit, showed his courage by saying "Nan nan, sidn ewwsd noein dsjosfjo ennes indsj." (That's how hindi is to me).
Amazing. Never have I seen anyone being about to stand up against a man with 6 packs and a hardcore whipping sweaty tail. Now that's courage.
A bit shock. But the man with a tail cannot really do anything. So he proceed on his journey of endless whipping. And we went our own ways and never saw this man again.
Oh yeah, btw, I turned the comments for this blog from Members-only to Anyone. So feel free to leave comments.
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Haha, Louis just fake and tell the people your Jet Li or Jakie Chan or something and then maybe they'll be afraid of you!
ahmed
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