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December 13, 2012

The Holiday Season

It's been a fun week with a lot of cheer in the air around Kopila Valley! We've been getting ready for our big annual day celebration, the day of the year where we invite the entire community and everyone involved with our project in to our school and share everything we've been up to. We host this event on Christmas Day every year. The children have been practicing their songs and dance routines, and gearing up for the school play. We also have the final competition going on for the Kopila Cup. Each house has been competing in a series of events and the team with the most points wins the title and the cup on annual day. This week there's been girls' volleyball and boys' soccer. The matches get intense. Sometimes there are tears and everyone is just so so into it!

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November 23, 2012

Thanksgiving

​I love this picture of the children and me meditating under the Bodhi tree where Buddha was born in Lumbini.

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November 15, 2012

Happy Tihar!

Yesterday was the final day of Tihar festivities. This holiday is so much fun. I've described it here in the past as a cross between Christmas Caroling and Trick-or-treating

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November 01, 2012

Kopila Halloween!

A and I returned to Kopila to a beautiful blooming garden and some really happy kids getting all geared up for Halloween.

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January 30, 2012

Saraswati Puja

In the Hindu religion, Saraswati is the Goddess of Learning.

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