krishna fest

In the interest of broadening our cultural horizons, and because we can’t resist anything with the word ‘Fest,’ we decided to go to the Krishna Fest advertised in the ACB lobby. The poster told us to bring an open mind and an empty stomach for a night of food, dancing and philosophy.

The name was a little misleading – not exactly a festival, more of a small gathering. We were met at the yoga loft by a nun, who asked us to remove our shoes and showed us where we could get ice water. At the time, we didn’t realize how useful ice water could be – we didn’t expect 1.5 hours of chanting and dancing, plus an hour of a philosophical discussion on “Happiness Equals _____.”

I was hoping the session would be more educational, but we got some time at dinner afterwards to talk with a British girl who’d studied at a London ashram for 3 years, and she filled us in on what had been going on. Dinner was fabulous – paneer, a vegetarian curry, naan, relish, corn fritters and a fried dough/honey dessert. You can never go wrong with fried dough.