namaste

every week in creative arts class, we experientially take the kids in el farito to a different country or continent in the world. this week, we went to india. they saw a video of a boy making naan in his kitchen, learned about ghandi's ideals and the taj mahal, drank black tea, got to be yogis, listened to ravi shankar's magical sitar, and decorated a hindi mask with glitter and paint until it shined like something divine. a lot of these kids will never leave the dirt roads of their small community. maybe a few trips into managua to the market or to visit tía melba. for an hour every week, we sweep them up and show them the world. it's thrilling and lovely.