Today is poya day. Too bad it falls on a Sunday. No extra holiday.
Since today is poya, Discovery Club was held yesterday. We went to the site of a new dagoba at Nelligalla past Murthalawa. The views were spectacular. So far only the dagoba and a few temporary buildings are built. It appears that they are planning something huge with high walls that will block out the 360
° view. Totally stupid. Plus, they had loudspeakers set up all around the perimeter of the site and on top of towers so that the chanting and sermon were blasting everywhere. I don't know what kind of Buddhism this is, but it is warped for sure.
After we went for lunch, which had been laid on at a house nearby. It turned out that the home owner had refused to host the lunch at the last minute, so we ended up at another house on the roof where a second story will be built. We had to walk a little way across a paddy field and up a big hill, but we made it eventually. Happily, there was a road, so Henk could drive the van with the beer in it right up to the place. They had set up make shift tables and chairs. Thankfully, it didn't rain, the meal was fine and we had a good time.
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