Republic Day

The Indian Constitution was adopted on 26 Jan 1950. Every year it is celebrated as a major patriotic holiday. Almost every school and business has some sort of "flag hoisting" ceremony and program. Lon was invited to the elementary school in Morai and the Morai mill for their flag hoistings. I attended the program at Modern School.

The Morai school program started with a parade through the village of Morai.

Flag hoisting. This is really more of an unfurling than a "hoisting", since the a wrapped flag is already at the top of the pole. The Chief Guest / Guest of Honor tugs on a rope to unfurl the flag, and the national anthem is sung. The hanging leaves are a traditional Indian decoration for ceremonies -- both religious and secular.

The program also included dancing.

The program at Modern School also included dancing.

Modern School also presented a short drama in Hindi where the Raja learned all about healthy food. The two girls obviously were playing unhealthy snacks.

More unhealthy foods -- soft drinks and ice cream cones.

Have to equal time to the healthy foods. Here are tomatoes and carrots.

And spinach and green beans.

The afternoon was the conclusion of MWV's Sports Week. A full day of cricket, finishing with the final play-off. After the play off, the management team batted a few balls. (Nothing serious!)

Improbably, Lon wasn't the worst batter among management.