Hindu workshop

10th October, 2011

On Monday 3rd October the children in the 4s took part in a Hindu workshop. Sophia B writes about the day:

A lady called Krishna came to talk to us about Hinduism. She began by talking about clothing and the face paints that Hindus use to decorate their skin. She also introduced us to all of the main gods including Vishnu, Brahman, Shiva, Ganesh and the god she is named after, Krishna. She told us that when Hindus go to the temple they would give food to the gods as an offering and then get given it back to eat themselves.

Later, some of us dressed up as the three main gods, Brahman, Vishnu and Shiva, and then we all tried a Hindu dance. The dance told the story of 108 cow herd girls and the god Krishna who wanted to dance with all of them. The god used his power to turn himself into 108 Krishnas and so was able to dance with every girl!

It was a really fun day and we all enjoyed ourselves a lot!