14 Jul 2009 Wiesbaden, Germany
Category: Indian culture
In every culture a child grows up and has certain changes in their mind, a certain development. These changes are the same in both cultures, in India and in the West. But the changes that I see there when children are 16 years old take place here when a child is 11 years old. That is a difference of five or six years. And I remember well what I did when I was fourteen years old. We were talking and laughing about stories from my childhood.
I told Thomas and Iris that in that time, when I was a teenager, we were a group of boys who did many things together. Once a year there is a big pilgrimage day in Vrindavan and Mathura on which everybody makes a pilgrimage walk of around 50 kilometers around three villages. You start early in the morning and come back maybe late afternoon or evening. And I remember when we were fourteen years old we wanted to start in the morning but instead of just starting, we stood around and waited until a group of girls whom we knew came by. And exactly then we started and walked behind them. And in this way we followed them on that day, making jokes and having fun. They also enjoyed, turned towards us and laughed.
Shortly before we reached Vrindavan we asked two of the boys who were walking with us where they would finish their round. And then we got to know that they had already finished their round and were walking 15 kilometers extra after their round of 50 kilometers just to walk behind these girls! And when the girls had finished their round, they took a bus back home.
It was a great time and I know how much innocent fun I had in that age. I like to think of that time and this is why I sometimes feel that children here might not have these memories because they start so early trying to be adult.
Tags:: Children, Indian culture, Fun, India, Innocent, Teenagers
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Reply By Bella on November 02, 2010 10:52
Haha. So interesting. Is that a "guy-thing"? I've never heard of a group of girls following boys around like that but perhaps I've been misinformed. Cute.
Reply By Sarah on October 30, 2010 10:59
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