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Life and death in the Barrios

Posted on May 21, 2014 by sarah

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I hear the Taxi’s horn behind me and stick out my arm to wave it down. It pulls up behind me; an old Toyota, one of the many that comprise the fleet of well-used, beat-up cars that serve as collective … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Culture, Customs, Death, Nicaragua, Religion, Somoto

Semana Santa in Bluefields

Posted on May 8, 2014 by sarah

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“How much longer?” my dad asks next to me, his voice sounding slightly pained. I look over at him, wondering if he is talking in his sleep or just resting his eyes. He is jammed up against the window of … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Coconut, Festivals, History, Living, Nicaragua, Religion, Sweat, Travel

Let’s (not) talk about sex, baby

Posted on May 8, 2014 by sarah

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I knock again on the door, more firmly this time. “Bueeeenas,” I call through the chipped blue door. I hear a creak from inside and move to the window. The top glass pellet is missing and I peer through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Culture, Religion, Somoto

Be gentle on my curves

Posted on April 18, 2012 by sarah

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“Do you want some tea?” My dad asks. We are sitting in the large kitchen of one of the nunneries, the young novice looking with controlled curiosity at her unlikely guests. My dad is giving me that slight michevious there-is-something-more-to-this-question … Continue reading →

Posted in India Tagged Food, Indians, Nature, Religion, Travel

Bloody beginnings

Posted on April 9, 2012 by sarah

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My dad’s very auspicious in a very weird sort of way. He isn’t really religious; I just think spending so much time living among blood-thirsty demons, angry ghosts and ancestral spirits has gotten to him a bit. So when we … Continue reading →

Posted in India Tagged Culture, Festivals, Religion, Travel

Religious Fascism and Chubby Babies

Posted on February 22, 2012 by sarah

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“I wish everyone on this bus could just get off! “ Arthi, my Indian-Malaysian friend groans at me from the side. I look at her, stuck in the middle of three seats on a rickety old Bus, in the middle … Continue reading →

Posted in India Tagged Babies, Food, Religion, Travel

Enter Waifdom

Posted on February 2, 2012 by sarah

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Auroville Even the name has a certain mystique to it. Somewhat out of place in the sleepy state of Tamil Nadu but oddly right where it should be next to the old French colony of Pondicherry. I had little expectations … Continue reading →

Posted in India Tagged Auroville, Culture, Meditation, Religion, Waif

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