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Saturday, 23 March 2013

JAIPUR - Evening with Ali


Our wonderful host Ali. 

Ring necked Parakeets, they keep as pets- now become
 invasive in Durban - even scaring away the Indian Mynas


We sat on our own with the women and pre teen boys{Muslim home} - one young girl
 spoke very, very little broken English, but we all laughed so much, even joking
about the nasty step mother - it was lovely.
Then we were taught the secret of making a good
 Rajastani Chai - TONS and TONS of fresh ginger.
They were due to have a house warming party the next evening for 350 members
of their family - which was all to be cooked on a 2 plate gas stove!!

.......and then Ali told us how important it was to have an arranged marriage
 and how much more respect there was opposed to' Love" marriages.

Their wedding album was about 15cm thick -  was literally kept under
 lock and key in a safe box. He had 2000 guests at his wedding.




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