Further Pic's and Rambling

A Taste of Tea and Indian Jesus

My kids’ preschool had their Christmas party (early) at the beginning of this month. Everyone had a lovely time, we played Bingo!

There were crafts and games, a little Indian woman in a Santa costume, frightening the children with her enthusiasm.

And…

A lovely little Nativity scene.

Complete with giant baby Jesus.

I guess I never thought about India as a particularly Christian country, Indian people are certainly super religious. They have gods and gods, of all stripe and colour, as well as the more organised Islamic and Buddhist traditions.

There are plenty of churches here too, I know of people who attend, religiously, every Sunday.

And one of the most famous nuns ever is, of course Mother (Saint) Teresa of Calcutta (actually a Romanian immigrant, but worked miracles for the popularity of her creed in the sub-continent).

Personally I’m cynical about religion, but I have to say, this is probably the most accurate portrayal of baby Jesus’ skin colour you will see this Christmas.

Tea Time!

Of course India has tons of tea, and of course they like to spice it up.

Personally, I’m enjoying the Masala chai blend, Assam tea with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, pepper, clove…..

Tea with curry powder in it, basically – but very nice to drink.

I had a laugh when I saw these teas in the organic store. “Keep Calm”, indeed. Unfortunately they were all sold out of “Carry On”.