Chapter 37 [Visiting the Temple Fair]

Temple fairs, especially major festivals of Hinduism, are still very lively in Sinjar, a small town. From 9 o'clock every morning, the town is crowded with people, and all kinds of hawking sounds are heard one after another. Hundreds of thousands of people around come to Sinjar to participate in the temple fair.

Buying discounted goods, worshiping Lord Shiva from the temple, and satisfying their spiritual beliefs, so the town is very lively. There are too many people, and there are frequent public security cases of all kinds of people, and even serious cases such as rape and robbery. Therefore, the police station in the whole town is the busiest at this time, with only 50 regular staff to maintain order for hundreds of thousands of people.

Just thinking about it makes me feel very scary. What effect can it have? It's just a deaf ear decoration. The workload of the police continues to increase, and the time on the streets every day exceeds 12 hours, and these police are tired and no longer human.

This is a good time to get along with the police station and these police officers. How could Belsinger miss such a good opportunity? The entire family servants can be mobilized to go out to purchase all kinds of daily necessities, vegetables, fruits, mutton, chicken, fish, and then let the Brahmin chefs hired back at high salaries prepare exquisite meals.

Then use iron lunch boxes to deliver the tired police patrolling the streets. These meals have meat, vegetables and fruits. Every meal is steaming hot, and a drink is taken away, which makes these policemen very moved. In addition, the last time they went to the nail village of Pulor with Belsinger. Those policemen have a good income. They bring their three-month salary and the sum of bribes they received.

So the police in the town respect and fear Master Belsinger. This time, they didn't expect to be exhausted like a dog on duty. I didn't expect that Master Belsinger, who is so high in status, still remembers these ordinary policemen. I didn't expect that he would actually deliver meals to them, and deliver them three meals a day on time.

The steaming hot meals have meat, fruits and drinks, which made these policemen remember the benefits of Belsinger. Since the meal delivery incident, Bel Singh has become the most popular person in the police station, so much so that no one dared to mess up the Bel Singh factory more than a decade later. An Indian policeman who was inefficient in handling phone calls actually arrived at the scene within three minutes. The speed can be described as riding a rocket, which is the use of building good relationships now.

Anyway, prices are cheap now, all commodities are discounted, and it only takes a dozen days to spend a few dollars. You can also gain a good reputation and build a good relationship with the police station, so why not? This deal is so smart. Because there are too many people and the security is not very good, Bel Singh and his little wife Lina always sit on a sedan chair when they travel.

There are five or six strong male servants around to protect them, and they even know that Master Bel Singh is going out to play with his wife. These more than 50 policemen squeezed out two policemen for personal protection. After all, they are short-handed and short-mouthed. Anyway, they are on duty on the street with Grandpa Bel Singh, and they have food and drink and complete their work by the way. Why not do it? This is a win-win situation.

The streets are crowded with people. There are hawking and bargaining everywhere. The temple fair is a big market with rich food and clothing. There are many snack stalls, but they are not so hygienic. The various foods they make look very delicious, but the sanitary conditions are really poor.

If a bad person eats them, congratulations, diarrhea is inevitable. In addition, India's population has exploded in recent years. Pollution has intensified and it has become the most polluted country in the world. Indians who have lived on this land for generations have grown up little by little with these environmental pollutions.

The body's resistance is so strong. Indians are one of the most resistant races in the world. So even though these snack stalls are full of flies and corruption, the snacks they make are still very delicious to ordinary Indians. The most important thing is that the price is cheap, and there is no adverse reaction when eating them. I have to admire these people's strong resistance.

Anyway, Bel Singh didn't dare to eat it, and didn't let anyone at home eat it. If you are greedy, you can buy some fresh fruits to satisfy your craving. Then when you return home, there will be Brahmin chefs making delicious food. It is much safer than street stalls? It is also much more delicious. In addition to eating, there are clothes. There are stalls selling clothes. From traditional Indian long gowns and vests to novel jeans and camouflage uniforms, most women wear a very gorgeous sari.

In addition to these, there are even jugglers, and even monkey performers. They are carried on shoulders and can be said to be superior to others. They stand high and look far. They can see the most clearly and even see the wonderful performance of monkey performers. The stingy Bel Singh applauded and rewarded a thousand rupees. He walked through the bustling crowd and spent two hours before arriving at the temple not far away.

The Festival of Lights is a traditional Hindu festival, and it is also a good day for people to enter temples to worship and pray, so there are too many people entering the temple to pray to the god of love. But there is a very strange phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Although the temple was surrounded by crowds of people, it had a very obvious feature.

That is, most of the people surrounding the periphery have dark skin and look like South Asians. They are not dressed well. Men are generally thin, and women do not wear any gold or silver jewelry. Most of them are barefoot and can only kneel outside the temple railings to pray. These people have formed their own small circle, separated from those who look like Shudras.

These people are untouchable Dalits. The closer to the temple railings, the more likely they are to be Shudras. There are crowds of people outside the temple, and it is impossible to get through. However, there are still a few people who can enter the temple to pray. These men wear strings on their wrists, and women wear gorgeous clothes and the most expensive jewelry to attend. These people are high-caste people in India, Brahmans, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas.

All those who enter the temple to worship will buy a gift supported by a metal plate at the entrance of the temple, with coconuts and garlands on it. The most peculiar one is a kind of rice flower made of rice. Take a piece of incense, take off your shoes at the temple entrance with a plate, and enter the temple barefoot. This temple enshrines Lord Shiva, who is also one of the three most powerful gods.

The incense is very popular, and people line up to approach the statue of Lord Shiva little by little. When they come to the front of the statue, they give the gifts in their hands to the temple Brahmin priests. Then they take out their pockets and donate some money in the donation box, pray and walk out slowly. There is a Brahmin priest not far away. Half of these gifts will be kept, and the remaining half will be given to these priests. These things can be eaten, and can also be rewarded to the Shudras or Dalits outside the temple.