Taste of India

Mom's plate.

After the event we took this
picture next to a wooden
peacock. The peacock is the
national bird of India.

On the Saturday night of 11-2-13 the Schuelke family or, at least most of them (Evan was sick) went to an event called Taste of India to eat some Indian food, see some Indian dancing, and as it turned out do some Indian dancing.  This event was held by the ICA (India Catholic Association) to raise money to build a school in India.
We sat down (at Table 18 to be exact) to wait for Dad and read through the programs. Seconds after Dad walked, in we sang the National Anthems of the U.S. and India. Soon after, the dancing began. First was the Invocation Dance. Next they showed us a short video about the school. After the video was over, we ate. I, personally, tried everything on the buffet which included naan (non) the equivalent of bread, tikka masala, (tee-ka   mu-sal-u), palak paneer (pu-lak  pu-neer), somosa (su-mo-su) yogurt dip and more. For desert there was chocolate cake and mango custard. During the eating the Peacok, Bollywood Kidz, Kavadi Chindu, and Dola Re dances took place. After that they drew winners for the raffle.They did the Lights of Love dance and then we took a mini lesson on Indian dancing. That pretty much ended it. They said thank you and got us out of there so they could clean up.

This dancer was the most skilled
in traditional Indian dancing.

You can see some dancers waiting for their turn behind us.

 These dancers had real peacock feathers for part of their costume.