Twas Independence Eve...

Today mark's the eve of [India's] Independence Day.  As part of the celebration, we went to the town hall and watched several local schools put on a program. (Sherpa Tar, the nearby orphanage/school that Karin and Sam help run, was performing, so we went especially to cheer for them.)  Each school participating performed a short song or dance each, ranging anywhere from It's a Small World After All to more traditional Indian songs.  My favorite, however, was the group of girls decked from head-to-toe in traditional (regional) Indian garb dancing to Justin Bieber!  Yes, I did say type Justin Bieber.  (Chalk it up to Bieber Fever, I guess!)  Nothing quite says "Happy Independence India!" like the lyrics "Girl, you're an eenie-meenie-minie-moe lover"!  ...Let freedom ring, indeed!  (That is if freedom does indeed ring here; I don't know if that's too American--also read: AWESOME!--or not.)
All the other observations I made about the whole program can pretty much be summed up by saying typing: Those kids were so freakin' adorable!  Whether it was the girls with faces full of make-up dancing in traditional wear, the little boys no older than 5 in bow-ties,  the toddler girls in sparkly white dresses, or the little girl wearing a blue ballgown with purple rainboots, they were stinkin' cute.  And here are the pictures to prove it!

(This boy was portraying Ghandi)

(Purple rain boots!)

(This if from Sherpa Tar's performance.)