I wake up to sounds of "Wake up"..the time is six p.m...got myself three hours worth of solid sleep... We are off to see an exhibition at the Park which is 500 metres away from J. house. Its a rather small exhibition and the only thing worth its while at the exhibition is the food, where you get those giant appalams and sugarcane juice and popcorn and cotton candy... but I am still stuffed and I know dinner is gonna be BRILLIANT !!! so avoid the exhibition eatables...
We spend around one hour at the exhibition and return home bang on time for dinner... DINNER - Rotis ( which is different from the rotis that we normally have..these are more like fried Parottas...BRILLIANT !!! I love the Rotis that J. mom makes), Chicken Kurma and Khuska... J. tells us that its customary to finish off all the food at home before Bakrid as on Bakrid every food item should be fresh and new... No room for complaints from my side.. and no room for anything in my stomach.
Next day is Bakrid...and the next day also happens to be the next year... so we all stay up till twelve...playing cards and poking fun at each other.. M. alone falls asleep after hittin his head against the seiling fan...nothing serious..so no cause for any alarm.. Jan 1st also happens to be the birhtday of J. aunty so before we go to bed, we cut the cake.. dessert is done by 1 a.m..i can sleep in peace.. But J. cant as the next batch of three arrive at 3 a.m in the morning, and he, with monkey cap on, goes to pick them up from the station.
The kids troupe in next morning to wake us up from our slumber, and J. pleads with us to come for breakfast as he needs to go to the mosque to pray and his folks need to pray too.. before J. can say Allah, I am seated at the breakfast table.. Semiya Briyani, Semiya and Coconut Milk and Semiya Kesari..traditional Bakrid BREAKFAST... needless to say ,BRILLIANT !!!
J. comes back from prayers and calls us all to witness the sheeps getting killed... J. dad does the prayers and pours water (Halal) beofre slitting the neck of the sheep.. one by one.. care is taken that the sheep that is alive does not see the killing of the predeceasor (my attempt at a bad pun) The gonads and the pancreas are thrown out..the rest will find their way to my stomach..ya baby !!
Next batch of one arrives... the one being S. who has had a normal journey from Pondicherry to Erode.. but as this is his first time tavelling alone for more than three hours, he is excited about completing the journey without getting killed.
Befor lunch we get a small SNACK - Rice Roti with a mutton curry consisting only of the organs in the belly..such as the liver, the intestines, the stomach..BRILLIANT !!!
and LUNCH, the one meal we have been waiting for three weeks- Mutton Briyani, Mutton Gravy, Dalcha, Raitha, Ladoo, Payasam.. BRILLIANT !! BRILLIANT !!! BRILLIANT !!!
Once lunch is done we head to the theatres to watch a movie - Thiruvillayadal Arambam..the less said about it the better... but the movie tickets were sponsored by M.Satish Kumar as he lived in nearby Salem, and he felt bad that there was not enough time for him to take us to his home town..so he made it up with the movie.. the free ticket must have appeased me cos i really didnt crib too much about the movie..
Once movie got over, we headed back to J. home to be welcomed with DINNER - Mutton Briyani, Mutton Gravy, Dalcha, Raitha, Ladoo...BRILLIANT !! BRILLIANT !!! BRILLIANT !!!
Next day was an early start at 3 a.m so most of us decided to stay up and enjoy.. and i almost forgot..the next batch of two also arrived midway through dinner. And i also think its fair to tell you that J. mom is assisted by J. aunt and sisters in the cooking...just in case any of you were wondering ;-)
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