Fair by the Temple

There was a fair down my the temple last week.  Tang and Ake went with all the teachers.  There was shopping and food, dancing and a stage over the river with performances.  

This stand had coconuts every way!  Whole, cut open with the meat shaved and floating in the water, and my personal favorite: the naked coconut!  They had removed the entire shell, but the sphere of meat was left intact, with the water still inside.  I was so amazed that Tang bought one to share.  You just stab the straw right into it to drink the coconut water, then eat the rest.

We happened upon an area where there was a dance performance.  They had all of us white folk join them.  Tons of people loved that and there were lots of pictures being taken!

There was a little photo area set up. 

There was a scarecrow and a buffalo head scarecrow...

They had candles that you could buy and light.  You put them on the water and make a wish.  Tang and I bought some and put them in.  

The stage that they build over the water had some performances.  While we were there a group of 30-70 year old women did some dances that looked like Zumba.  It was mostly the same moves done to 4 or 5 different songs.

 This booth had "candy reckless"...