I was just about to start updating my blog when Poornima called for me to quickly come outside. I could the fireworks as I grabbed my flip-flops and my camera. There was a festival parade slowly crossing one of the busiest interesections in the neighborhood! Apparently there is a festival tonight through Sunday honoring a handful of the goddesses that were sacred to this area when it was a village. This seciton of Jayanagar is called T-Block, and when I first arrived in Bangalore and looked at the map, I thought this was a government designation. Poornima explained that the T actually stands for the name of the village that used to be in this area before it was swallowed up by the ever-growing Bangalore. A young boy watching the procession began to explain. There were drummers with large drums strung from their necks; they danced and played a very loud and lively beat. Behind them came a ring of men with smaller drums, and a man dancing inside in a costume and wig. He was brandishing a sword and would slice coconuts in mid-air as they were thrown to him! Behind him was a tractor pulling a mobile temple, complete with generator and lights!  A man was riding atop and handing out flowers and holy water or oil to worshippers.  Many-colored lights were strung along both sides of the streets and a big image of a goddess made of Christmas-tree lights illuminated the intersection.  …The fireworks continue as I type this…they are very loud, and sound a bit like a gun or a bomb!