Golden Jubilee - Day 3, February 13

Day 3, like Day 1, was a bright, sunny and wonderfully clear day. Of all 3, it was the best weather, and we had the best views of the mountains. Caitlin, Kirsten, Amy and I were invited for breakfast to one of our neighbours, which was an interesting experience, food-wise. The rice and curry were excellent, but she also made this brown, paste-like thing. It looked and tasted akin to dirt, and had the consistency of gloop. It was made from flour, water, and something else that gave it colour and flavour, all mixed together but not cooked. In addition, you had to swallow it without chewing. Apparently its some sort of mountain food, which I will not be trying again!
After this, we headed to school. Because it was Saturday, Kirsten and Amy came as well, as they hadn't yet seen our school. As per usual nothing happened until around noon, and then it was speeches and dancing all afternoon (heavy on the speeches, light on the dancing). The speeches were difficult, as we were sat in the sun and they were entirely in Nepali, so I only caught random words. I know they said 'we' a lot.
The best dances had been saved for this day. Rama and Sapana, the sisters were visited, were in several, as was Rupa. The best one, which everyone had been waiting for, was the comedy dance. It featured a boy from Class 4 rapping, interspersed with 2 older boys dancing to the rest of the song, which was traditional Nepali, one of them dressed in drag. Judging by the crowd pressed around the stage, it was the highlight of the day, and I certainly found it funny to watch them parody themselves all through the song!
With 3 weeks of free afternoons, we've had the opportunity to spend time with the younger students outside of class. The 3 days of the Jubile, in particular, they were all around us. As a result, I know the Nepali words for many parts of the body and colours. Despite the language barrier, we were able to have a fantastic time talking and playing with them. - nobody really seemed to pay much attention to the speeches, everyone in the crowd talked through them! It was fun to have a group around us most of the day, although I did end up with a headache by the end of Saturday. The day the group around us at the end included Prim, a boy in Class 7. He was speaking only Nepali to me, and I actually understood almost half of it. Granted, he was using very basic language, but still.
And with that, the long awaited Jubilee was over. It was very tiring (on Saturday we didn't get home until 7, but rode on top of the bus to get there, lots of fun!) but lots of fun. My favourite parts were the games on Day 1, and the dancing on Day 3. The dancing was nice because from where we were sitting there were the mountains in the background, and dancing and mountains together were amazing. And now it's back to life as usual.