Teachers' Day

Today I was allowed my first outing since becoming bedridden with typhoid. I witnessed our school's celebration of the greatest holiday ever: Teachers' Day! This picture is a little misleading because I look healthy and full of zest, but it does show the banner nicely as well as my new *real* kira:

To start the day, the teachers went to the shrine in Chorten Cora to light lamps:

Then, we went to the school to see what the students had cooked up, which was cake!

And Dzongkha dances:

And songs:

And cards... this one is not for me. You can tell because it is in Dzongkha.

This one is for me!

And presents! I highly suspect this one of being a pen...

It is! In fact, I recieved ten pens and a beautiful tea cup:

And sandals from the daughter of the Vice Principal who has taken me in for the duration of my illness. In Bhutan, bathrooms are splash-cleaned and everyone wears sandals when using them to avoid wet feet. I didn't have any. These ones are so comfortable!

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It was a wonderful day but thoroughly exhausted Sicky McSickerton. This is the view from my recovery room during the afternoon rain in between two very long naps: