Sat, Nov 4, 2006
Dimitri and Pieter -the two cultural adventurers- are looking for the origin and meaning of Ganesh in India. As Ganesh is an Indian God; they decide to become Indians first. They exchange with the Indians all what makes them Dimitri and Pieter, before they go and meet Ganesh in his temple.
Sat, Nov 11, 2006
On their search for the true meaning of the Ganesh statue they must return from Bompa Kado's inheritance to its origin, the boys Pieter and Dimitri are introduced on the first day of the Hindu god's festival to an Indian family, which shows them all they do in the name of Ganesh. Apart from the ritual cult-use of the venerated elephant statues in every Hindu home, such as offerings, even for his sisters, everyone invokes Ganesh for good luck in addition to practical preparations, in all aspects of life, including games and sports such as cricket (extremely popular in Commonwealth countries) and tennis, a small image for luck while driving a car, and for major occasions professional temple cult by a Brahmin, a Hindu priest...
Sat, Nov 18, 2006
Dimitri and Pieter travel from one temple to another to Honor Ganesh. In each temple they have to fulfill an assignment, pick flowers to make an offer string of flowers for Ganesh, climb trees to find coconuts to offer, play in a Bollywood film to gain money to offer. At the end of their motor ride they have engine troubles and Mr Elefant Himself helps the youngsters to their final destination.
Sun, Nov 19, 2006
Just as the boys' motorbike breaks down, Ganesh himself gives them a ride as a talking elephant to a magical portal into the city, where the annual Ganesh festival is starting. A truth-sayer and his parrot give strange indications where they can find the Indian family which his Uncle's statue, but it all works out as traditional epic characters evoked, and they arrive at the stream just in time for the immersion, the final destination of the statue like thousands of its kind who thus return into the natural cycle of life.