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India fun day! This is the day when we get our saris back, get henna done, watch a Bollywood movie, and learn Bollywood dancing!

After our Anganwadi work in the morning and lunch we all lined up to collect our saris and try them on. I picked a blue and gold patterned fabric and it fit like a glove. We all came outside soon and got in line to have some henna done by Priyanka and her friend who often do it professionally for weddings. I was lucky enough to be early in the line and was able to have mine dry while we watched the Bollywood movie - which was very long actually very good - and I didn't have to worry about the paste getting on my sari during pictures later.

We went up to the roof after everyone had gotten some henna done and the little spat of rain stopped, only to be greeted by a beautiful rainbow! Which we immediately took advantage of and lined up in color order by our saris and Rahit and Rahul took some pictures of us. After the big group shots, we all took single portraits along with smaller group pictures with our friends. It was so fun to have time in all of our gear and taking pictures with new-found friends.

When the light was too gone for any more good shots to be taken we headed downstairs and met up with Aman, from the sports camp, to learn some dance moves. It turned into more of him dancing in the middle of us attempting to copy him in a circle surrounding him. We did a few songs learning from him and taking turns in the middle until we decided it would be fun to teach the Indian staff some of our moves! So we turned on the Cha-Cha Slide, Footloose, and ended the night with a classic: Party in the USA. It was a really good day just hanging out with some amazing people and immersing ourselves in this beautiful culture.