So after church on Sunday, we went to visit Dakshin Chitra. Translated, it means a picture of the south. It is a museum along the lines of Genesee Country Museum (for my Rochester affiliations :) ) or the Henry Ford Museum. They have taken typical houses from different regions of the southern states-Tamil Nadu, Karnatica, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerela-and you can see the differences as you walk from state to state. I was very impressed with how well it was done-even the vegetation changes as you walk from state to state! There is a craft bazaar on the grounds as well and in the various houses people will teach you certain crafts and trades. (I learned basket weaving and rice grinding-Wait until I can get the video out!) Some of you may remember the glass Ganeshas that were gifted to me-they came from the glassblower here. Beautiful stuff!!!!
that's the place that i was trying to describe to you to go to! as soon as i saw the name of the post i realized that's what i was thinking of. that was a cool place. i'm glad you went. i almost learned to make a pot there. except for the slow translating that was going on.
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