Celebrating Easter....INDIAN STYLE!!

This year for Easter my roomates and I hosted a Yeshu "Setsang". A setsang is a hindi word that implies a time for singing and a time for teaching. It is the closest word we can find in the hindi language for church. This is also the way that Hindu's worship. This was the first Yeshu setsang that I have been able to be a part of ...and it was wonderful. Let me kind of walk you through the day.




This is us making "rangoli". This flower is usually drawn and then filled in with powdered dye or in this case flower petals.



Here is the rangoli and flower petals that we did outside of our door. This is very traditional and shows that you are celebrating a special occasion!



My roomies and I got up early to dedicate this day and room to Yeshu. We put on our best dancing shoes...because today we are gonna celebrate!! Yeshu is alive!! We cleared out all our furniture and laid down carpets and set up the front with musical instruments and a "podium" but the Indian way.



More setup of a Hindu style worship.



We had about 20 Hindus come and worship with us today. We sang bhungins in Hindi and Ruman shared the message. Many of them loved to hear about Yeshu for the first time in an Indian way. After the setsang we served a meal! We hired a cook for like $8 (isn't that crazy?!) and we had chole (chick peas), aloo subzi (potato dish), and poori (fried bread). It was soo delicious!!



My landlord...said he wanted a picture of his 5 daughters! Isn't that sweet. The older woman is his wife and the other indian is his daughter Nehru.


Some of my neighbors that showed up!

I have come to really really enjoy the Christian holidays overseas. All of the comercialism is stripped away and you are left is the message. There are no words to describe how wonderful it was to hear Hindu's sing to Yeshu and to hear the message of Truth!! What joy I have knowing Jesus because of His death and resurrection!!!!

If you have any questions about our setsang...please ask!!!



Last but not least...its a roomie pic. Yes instead of getting excited about Easter dresses...we got excited about our Sarees. The Indians LOVE it when we dress up!! You also feel like an Indian princess when you wear one!!