Zee Fooda of India

If I ever go to South Asia, I will visit Bangkok and try all of their street food, The most famous place in Bangkok to get street food is Yaowarat, Bangkok. The best dish on the menu is not served on a dish, its served on a banana leaf and it's called Thali. Thali is a traditional meal and it has curries, rice, bread, and sweets. They also have many different festivals. A very famous festival that they have every year, is called the lantern festival. The lantern festival is when people gather together and release floating candle lanterns into the air. Another popular festival is the Bangkok water festival. It is exactly what you would expect at a water festival. There you can bring water guns and different things that can shoot water. Anything water related, you can bring and have fun splashing. The last popular festival is the vegetarian festival, if you go there, don't have a weak stomach because people stick sword and needles through their mouth and cheeks kinda like the picture below.

South Asia - Nepal

         Nepal

         Nepal is a country located in South Asia slightly larger than Arkansas. Nepal is located between China and India. Something I found very interesting is that eight out of ten of the world's largest mountains are located in Nepal, this includes Everest. An important part of history happened in Nepal nearly 2,500 years ago, this event was when Siddhartha Gautama or more well known as Buddha was born. 

         The culture in Nepal is very different than other places. Some examples of this are the food, religion, homes, etc. Most people in Nepal practice Hinduism, the other main religions are the Bhotes, the hill tribes and the Newar. In Nepal Dhindo (Picture and video on how to make it below) is a traditional food, this dish is made by boiling hot water in a pan to boil and adding flour while constantly stirring the mix. Would you feel like trying this Nepal dish if it were offered to you?


Picture of Dhindo

How to make Dhindo

The Color of Love

          One place I would like to visit in South Asia is Nepal. Why? You may ask, well from this picture the beautiful mountains of the Himalayas including Mount Everest really drew me in to learn more about this country.  Not only did the breathtaking landscape persuade me to learn more but also the culture, food, and people. Dal Bhat is one of the most popular foods which consists of rice and lentil soup, YUM! Other foods include Bal-bhat-tarkari, Momo, Thukpa, and so much more. One of the most interesting festivals I found is called Teej. Teej is when most women and girls in Nepal welcome the monsoon season and wear red because red is the color of love. Even though I might never go I hope that one day I can visit Nepal.

diwali is very lightful

              Diwali, the festival of lights is indeed the most awaited and the most celebrated festivals of India. People in every nook and cranny of the country welcome the festival with enthusiastic gestures. This wonderful festival is the celebration of five days. On third day of the celebratory occasion the key rituals of the Diwali festival takes place. Lighting of Diyas and candles all around the house, worshipping the Laxmi Ganesha to summon health and wealth and bursting crackers are the chief rituals of the festival.

When my we go to my dad's house in India during Diwali, my dad state named Coimbatore celebrates in a unique way. On Diwali day, shops remain open till the afternoon, believing that good sales on Diwali day predict a prosperous year ahead. In the corporate sector, the process of buying and distributing Diwali gifts begins several days before the big day, and slowly picks up pace. Sweets and dry fruits are the most common gifts, as are silver coins. But gifts also range from silver dishes and other household gifts to suit-pieces.

The feud between Pakistan and India

I found it interesting how pakistan and india don't get along very well ,even though they both claimed independence from the same colony. One of the things both countries are disagreeing about is that they both claimed a country called kashmir as part of their territory,and this disagreement has led to fighting between the two countries. Making it even worse, India started testing nuclear weapons in 1999, then Pakistan started having their own nuclear weapons test. But the continuous peace talks in 2004 has brought a new hope to the region, hopefully ending the feud.  

Blogging in the Springtime; Food, Festivals and Fun (In Asia)

Three places i would like to visit in the world are, Ireland, South Korea and china. I would like to visit Ireland because, that is where my grandpa was born.





Did you want to throw up when you read those last two sentences?








If not, was it because grammar mistakes don’t bother you? Or was it because you didn’t even notice the errors??? Gaak! I deliberately made those four errors since they are of the type that I frequently see in your writing. And here they are: Google docs does not point out that “i” should always be capitalized as “I”; you should just know that by now. Also, the names of countries should always be capitalized. Always. I should never read “america”, “china”, “england”...they are proper nouns, people! The last two errors involve correct comma use. The first sentence contains a list: “...are, Ireland, …”. The words in the list can be separated by commas, but the list should never begin with a comma as you see it does as pointed out by the bold text. Lastly, take a look at this troubling issue: “...because, that is where…”. Dang it! Never use a comma after the word because! Whew. Now that I got that off my chest…





POSTS Your job is to show me that you have learned those simple grammar lessons. Give an example in your post of each of the four situations that I pointed out to you, at a clip of one point apiece. Each of the four must be underlined to show understanding and that you can follow directions (4 points). And what are you writing about? Let’s start with food, festivals and/or fun. Choose a country in South Asia and do some digging.








What are some different types of food that they eat there (that you cannot easily get here) that you might like to try...or just find to be bizarre? Or explore some of the festivals that they might celebrate there and share what you learn. Or the fun part. What do kids do in those places for fun? How do they spend their time with friends? Because we are stronger writers now, Spelling-Error-Free POSTS must be 100+ words (4 points), contain a hyperlink or a video, or have a picture/video brought in to your post (1 point) and end with a question (1 point). Don’t forget your transitions! Blog on, young Padawans!




COMMENTS: You must be the first or second comment made to a post and it must now be 75+ words, spelling-error free of course (5 points), and once again it should clearly show that you have looked up information from the post and added it as part of your response (2 points). NEW this time...you must suggest to this author that they read another author's post. Connect your suggestion with a solid reason. For example you might say, "Hey Julio, I really liked reading your post about Sri Lanka and the amazing food they have there. It dawned on me that you might really like to read Darby's post. I know, I know...she wrote about Bengal, not Sri Lanka. But you will notice that each culture seems to share a love of spicy food, don't you agree?" See how I connected the two different posts by a common thread? That is your mission, and success there will earn you your final 3 points.

Civilization

       The civilization that I thought as most interesting to learn about was the ancient Egyptians  . They use their resources to create things that are so beautiful such as their art pieces. They take little amounts of things and create things that are so useful. Like paper if Egyptians made paper  they would take woven mat of reeds and pound them together until they made a thin stiff sheet. When they struggled to find food they figured out that using resources( like the Nile) could provide plenty to eat. When the Egyptians noticed that the Nile flooded about the same time every year they saw that it made a very rich layer of soil called silt. This soil was a good place you could grow your crops. Farmers began digging canals and bringing the fresh water to their crops. This provided fresh water for irrigation. After seeing that the Niles floods were very important the Egyptians focused on growing their crops. That led them to giving up growing crops and starting other things thats how we have the calendar and tools today and that is why Egyptians are my favorite civilization.