We have been warned

So we could be in for a sleepless night tonight. To be honest, I am a little excited about it. I know it is a Hindu festival but what a great opportunity to mingle with people.

There is preparation of floats, flowers, stalls etc and the hustle and bustle of people all over the place. There are lights lining the streets and I am sure by night it will look quite spectacular. We are not 100 % sure of the reason for this festival. It's called the car festival but seems to be in honour of any machine. Not really sure what is going on though.

Our neighbour was telling the kids last night (as she yelled out her kitchen window last night at 10:30pm), that the festival will start tonight at 1am, yes that's right, 1 am on Sunday 24th Oct. It will go all through the night, a parade circling up past our house and around and around until 11am. Our neighbour suggested we join them on the roof if we can't sleep. That sounds like fun to me and like a great way to spend time with people and get to know them. I know from past experience that Indian festivals are not quiet, in fact, they are at top decibel and at a frequency that will pierce through any other noise. Kind of like how a babies cry does.

It will be interesting to see if the kids can sleep through it. Time will tell I guess.