A wedding! The bride & groom. 
Cousin Melvin & his wife (his sister-in-law the bride)
Jayden smiling 110% for the camera
Family
Roshan with his standard smile used all day
Uncle Joit & Aunty Argent
Miricle mid-tea
Shillong peak, overlooking the city. Bec, Sunan, Roshan, Golda, Bahnah, Rich & Bahlung
The gang moving on to Elephant Falls
Before we enter our Lyngdoh family's sacred grove a few things you should know (Khasi/English)
Parlei & Bec trying to keep warm
Yum - all the kind of food I grew up on
Tambor Lyngdoh - the local community representative, MA in Khasi and our guide for the day. We had never had a guide before and even my aunts learned a lot more about our family!
Walking in the sacred Lyngdoh grove
Great mother's grave - each of us leaving beetlenut and pann leaf out of respect
All the direct Lyngdoh family who visited our great (x many) mother's grave on the day
Palei reminding me that according to traditonal beliefs we can't take a photo with only three - popping myself right in there - four is a good number (Rich, Palei, Abhi & Bec)
Monolith in memory of an uncle
Unusual plant outside great aunt's house
Bec's great aunt (grandma's older sister) & Richard
Richard, Na Duh (Bec's grandma's younger sister) & Bec
Aunty Argent's flowers
Aunty Lucky at her store
Abhi and his girlfriend
Lit checks out Bahnah's wounds after a fall that injured face and both arms
Roshan, his older cousin and Eva
Miricle mid-tea
Shillong peak, overlooking the city. Bec, Sunan, Roshan, Golda, Bahnah, Rich & Bahlung
The gang moving on to Elephant Falls
Before we enter our Lyngdoh family's sacred grove a few things you should know (Khasi/English)
Parlei & Bec trying to keep warm
Yum - all the kind of food I grew up onTambor Lyngdoh - the local community representative, MA in Khasi and our guide for the day. We had never had a guide before and even my aunts learned a lot more about our family!
Walking in the sacred Lyngdoh grove
Great mother's grave - each of us leaving beetlenut and pann leaf out of respect
All the direct Lyngdoh family who visited our great (x many) mother's grave on the day
Palei reminding me that according to traditonal beliefs we can't take a photo with only three - popping myself right in there - four is a good number (Rich, Palei, Abhi & Bec)
Monolith in memory of an uncle
Unusual plant outside great aunt's house
Bec's great aunt (grandma's older sister) & Richard 
Richard, Na Duh (Bec's grandma's younger sister) & Bec
Aunty Argent's flowers
Aunty Lucky at her store
Abhi and his girlfriend
Lit checks out Bahnah's wounds after a fall that injured face and both arms Roshan, his older cousin and Eva
1 comment:
I think every family needs a 'grove' where they can reconnect with the past and their 'connections'. There is obviously more to the story...
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