Public Sleeping

In America, we are kind of shy about sleeping. In India, it is not so. Take the 15 year old who was showing us around in the little village where we stayed a few nights ago. He was introducing us around and he took us to meet his grandmother, who was sleeping on a cot in a side room. He kind of woke her up and she said hi and we left. There is no sense of excuse me, oops sorry to wake you, etc, just, wake up, say hello, go back to sleep.

Similarly, we went on a hike with a few days ago with guide to some caves temples in a rural area about 20 minutes outside of Udaipor. Along the way, about 10 am, a group of college students saw us and insisted we come in. First they gave us parkora and then they invited us to have a spontaneous dance party. As Yona wrote about, we went into a room and they cranked the music and everyone danced for 5 or 10 minutes. The funniest part was that there was this middle aged guy sleeping in the corner. When we all went in his room, he kind of raised his head in confusion, and then calmly watched as we danced. I assume he went back to sleep when we left.