Day 20

Just arrived to the East coast of Sri Lanka after a 10 hour train ride through the night. I didn’t really sleep, but we had some great conversation and our translators taught Jess and I a couple songs in Tamil (the language they speak in the East). Sri Lanka is made up of two people groups, the Sinhalese and the Tamils, and amazingly, they speak completely different languages. We have spent all of our time on the Sinhalese side of the country thus far, and this weekend a few of us get to experience Tamil culture…  so exciting! 

The train, taken at 4:45am on Saturday... :/

“This Is The Day” in Tamil:

Ennaleyeh, ennaleyeh
Carrterr pa dei tall, carr terr pa dei tall
Kalli kurru wom, kalli kurru wom
Mahil kon da du wom, mahil kon da du wom

Ennaleyeh carrterr pa dei tall
Kalli kurru wom, mahil kon da du wom

Ennaleyeh, ennaleyeh
Carrterr pa dei tall