After having traditional Indian food, parantha for breakfast, which is a kind of bread stuffed with mashed potatoes,
we went to Dilli Haat via auto rickshaw and metro.
On the way to the metro station, we saw a lot of street vendors selling fruits and vegetables,
which was unusual to see, because they carried the products on carts.
We also had an opportunity to enjoy the view of beautiful landscape of Gurgaon.
Dilli Haat is very colourful and loud, full of life and bargaining! On the way to Dilli Haat, the host families taught us about bargaining and that “if you like something, go away!”. The place is full of shawls, handmade paintings, diaries, traditional clothes, and a lot of shiny little things, which were very attractive and drew our attention.
It was also possible to get your name on a grain of rice.
As soon as we reached the place, we were attacked by a group of women, asking if they could braid our hair with colourful threads.
Then we saw a man painting a very old form of art, which was interesting to see, but the painting itself was very expensive. The painting showed an Indian goddess named Kali who was standing over a demon with her lion. It showed that she is a powerful goddess and can easily kill a demon.
Later when strolling around the bazaar, we saw a woman who was an astrologist. She was using a laptop, which was amusing to see since we don’t find modernised fortune tellers in Poland!
Also, we saw some fennel seeds, which Indians use as mouth fresheners, which is a quite different approach to plants.
It was surprising to find some space at the back in the otherwise packed bazaar.
It was time to go back home and have dinner with the family. Afterwards we went to an Indian sweet shop where we got gulab jamun, kalakand (on the photo) and rasgulla. All of which are made of dairy products and sugar.
Some of us got our first mehendi (henna tattoos), which look really beautiful. Interesting fact about the tattoos is that they are light at the beginning, but then get darker after a day or two.
It was a memorable day!
we went to Dilli Haat via auto rickshaw and metro.
which was unusual to see, because they carried the products on carts.
We also had an opportunity to enjoy the view of beautiful landscape of Gurgaon.
Dilli Haat is very colourful and loud, full of life and bargaining! On the way to Dilli Haat, the host families taught us about bargaining and that “if you like something, go away!”. The place is full of shawls, handmade paintings, diaries, traditional clothes, and a lot of shiny little things, which were very attractive and drew our attention.
As soon as we reached the place, we were attacked by a group of women, asking if they could braid our hair with colourful threads.
Then we saw a man painting a very old form of art, which was interesting to see, but the painting itself was very expensive. The painting showed an Indian goddess named Kali who was standing over a demon with her lion. It showed that she is a powerful goddess and can easily kill a demon.
Later when strolling around the bazaar, we saw a woman who was an astrologist. She was using a laptop, which was amusing to see since we don’t find modernised fortune tellers in Poland!
Also, we saw some fennel seeds, which Indians use as mouth fresheners, which is a quite different approach to plants.
It was surprising to find some space at the back in the otherwise packed bazaar.
It was time to go back home and have dinner with the family. Afterwards we went to an Indian sweet shop where we got gulab jamun, kalakand (on the photo) and rasgulla. All of which are made of dairy products and sugar.
Some of us got our first mehendi (henna tattoos), which look really beautiful. Interesting fact about the tattoos is that they are light at the beginning, but then get darker after a day or two.
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