Happy Pongal!

Yesterday was the harvest celebration of Pongal.  We walked through Kuilyapaliam, the village near where we are staying and joined the parade just as it was starting to move.  This was fun, except when the firecrackers started going off everywhere and bananas started flying.  I think bananas are thrown and meant to be caught, but some (adolescent boys I suspect) get a bit overenthusiastic, so you do have to watch out.  Simone was bonked on the head once, but seems to have come through okay.  Also, we left before the "running of the bulls", which I think was a good thing.  Happy Pongal everyone!