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Sadarja,

I natt flyger jag parallell med solen. Start kl. 5 pa morgonen byta flyg en timme i Istanbul och hemma pa Landvetter. kl. 12.30. Efter 11 timmars flygning.

Jag har lite sista bilder, som jag tanker lagga in i bloggen nar jag kommer hem...
Vi hors och ses.
Elsa

JAISALMER- ALWAYS HOTEL ARTIST

MY HOME IN JAISALMER
is Artist Hotel in Kalakar Colony, which is a colony of musicians 10 minutes away from the towncenter.On the slopes of the hills surrounding the city, with an excellent view over the fort in the center, there are many homes for musician families belonging to a cast of musicians who traditionally were nomads. They wandered around widely in the desert and told stories in songs and music They told news and gossips and stories of big importance for exampel where to find water

ARTIST HOTEL IS IN THE CENTER OF THE KALAKAR COLONY.
It was built in companionship between Muscianfamilies and a man from Austria who fell in love with Jaisalmer about 20 years ago.Now he runs the hotel together with a gang of young guys.They begin to work when they are very young and at the same time time they get trained by "Helli" in hotel+restaurantbusiness. We call it hotel and restaurantschool.It's such a friendly and open atmosphere here.I feel very much at home in this house and in my small and cheap room with bathroom. In the evening there is often music in the rooftop-restaurant. The pictures above shows a group of very young talented musicians with Satario, an elder brother and his father.Just while the sun sets.
When you approach the building, you are enthusiastically met by a flock of children.Always with the same hope for a rupie, pen or chocklate or just a photo.

Just this day I have ordered most of the staff to show up for a photo.You may guess who is Halmuth, the Guru for the others, and with him stands ROJA, who is his nearest companion, and the one that may meet you at the trainstation, any time.SHARUCK the manager is out for some special mission. To the left there is the chef de cuisine, DILO, who can serve indian dishes as well as delicious Austrian food,- "but who thaught you this?"- "HELLI, of course".It may take time to get served,but you can be sure that it's always fresch done.aLA.
The main entrance takes you in to a homelike hall an you have just to climb the stairs to be "at home".
So, this how I like to live during my long stay in Jaisalmer.
Elsa

TVA BILDER

Pa vag tillsammans med en elefant och en ko.Detta ar utanfor ett av de stora fina utsmyckade kopmanspalatsen. s.k. haveli
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Annu ett forsok att fa till ett komcentrerat mote. Vi bad 10 kvinnor komma till kontoret, for att kunna overfora ngn kunskap och kunna samtala mad var och en. 16 kvinnor och tva smabarn trangde ihop sig i det lilla kontorsrummet.Tva ville forsoka fa vara med och en kvinna hade sant sin mamma. Var nya medarbetare Dominique var med, fransyska, halva aret i Jaisalmer.Hon kommer att hjalpa till med forsaljning, post, och kontakt med sverige, m.m. administrativt.


Vattenposten ar flyttad ut till vagen sa det forsta vi moter nar vi kommer till byn ar flickor och kvinnor som hamtar dagens vatten. Bilderna har blivit konstigt utdargna i formatet.!


Jag ar vid gott mod hittills, men det ar manga saker att tanka pa och det indiska kynnet dartill!

I kvall ar lordag nu gar jag hem och ater dagens mal.
Elsa

NYTT FORSOK ATT BERATTA OM BYBESOKET

Pa vagen till kontoret, tar rikshakillen upp sin lilla mungiga och framfor en konsert med ett oga pa trafiken. Han ar musiker och har minsann spelat i bade Paris och Hamburg.Och f.o. tar han helt juste betalt. Go snubbe!


Denna gang kommer minst 25 nya kvinnor, som hoppas fa bli uppskrivna i den magiska boken. Mycket stoj och argumenterande, men vi KAN helt enkelt arbeta med fler an de 25 som redan finns i Embroideryclub. Losningen blir en vantelista, sa far de komma med nar nagon av de "gamla" klarar sig sjalv och inte behover var guidning.Med detta later de sig noja.Under detta hogljudda tjafs gar jag en liten promenad i byn.



Antligen nastan lugnt.Alla sitter ner. Manga av askadarna har gett upp och man kan gora sig hord. I dag borjade vi en viktig process: vi skall ha val till ny gruppledare for kvinnorna i byn. Efter Agri, som hastigt gick bort i somras.Alla drabbades av stor sorg och forvirring samt hagloshet . Kvinnorna forlorade lusten att lara lasa och skriva, ingenting var riktigt viktigt. Nu har vi bett var och en tanka pa nagot forslag till nu gruppledare, och har kommer tre namn upp.Jatani, Mima, Agris Syster, Radiya. Vi ber dem resonera sinsemellan och sa skall vi ha val nasta gang vi kommer till byn.
----Denna kvall ar det stromavbrott nu for andra gangen HELT KOLSVART.Men Vicky har reservkraft, detracker dock inte for att satta in fler bilder.Nu kom strommen, det borjar ater snurra brumma och blasa.----
Vi har en ny medarbetare, Parwat, som hade las och skrivkurs med 12-15 kvinnor under maj-juni.P. skall vara var tolk nar Kulwinder ar upptagen av sin huvudsyssla nu: att arbeta med ett projekt"Save the girlchildren". Fortfarande vill foraldrar inte ha sina flickbebisar!!

Kolla pa denna vackra mormors dress!

Har ar Shanti, 19 ar som fatt en liten flicka sen sist.Minst 4 till av broderikvinnorna har fatt nya sma varldsmedborgare.

UPPGIVEN

HAR HAR JAG SUTTIT OCH KAMPAT MED TEKNIKEN I 2 1/2 TIMME. DET HAR BLIVIT NAT KONSTIGT MED MITT BLOGGPROGRAM, SA JAG KAN INTE SE BILDER,utan bara en lang kod for varje bild. Har forsokt att manovrera men till slut misslyckats MED ETT LANGT BILDRIKT INLAGG i alla fall, fa se om jag gor ett nytt forsok.

Det gick ju!
Pa bilden valjer Kavitha en av flickorna ur Brittas flickgrupp garn. Vi har bjudit in tre av de aldre flickorna att vara med i kvinnornas EmbroiderycluB. Alldeles sNart ar de ju vuxna och da ar detta en viktig erfarenhet. Dessutom kan flickorna redan lasa och skriva, sa DE KAN REDAN BLI VALDIGT VIKTIGA FOR DET FORTSATTA ARBETET. nU MASTE JAG SOVA gONATT
eLSA

BACK TO INDIA AGAIN

Hello outthere,

A new blogperiod starts.I will try at least in the beginning to write in English.
Yesterday I arrived in Delhi, after a trip with no sensations,except for a rush between the two flights in Istanbul.I had a seat between two textile directors!One indian textile salesman who produce cloth for H&M and one director for a big Swedish textile weaving company, that finally was broke by the last finance chrises.And between them a little textile artist still with the scilly hope that textile can make difference in the world!
The Swedish Weaving Company now make "agrotextiles" for groving crops in tunnels made by this material, in these tunnels it's possible to keep the plants wet with much less water.In the south, like Egypt there are now big aeras with this cultivating system. I didn't manage to understand if the cultivating is also Ecofriendly. Maybe somebody can explain this to me.

No pics in this blog. I can't get help with this today.Otherwise I would show the crowded narrow street from above with it's mingel of ox wagons, bicycle-rikshas, cars and mc-s In lunchtime there are many rikshas full of schoolchildren, as much as 9 girls like a bouquette of white and blue flowers, on a vehicle usually for two grown-ups.
Na, nu ar jag hungrig, dags att ga och ata.I morgon tar jag taget till Jaisalmer 18 timmar och ar framme vid 11-tiden pa sondag.Men forst skall jag forirra mig i Old Delhis grander och hitta Den dar gatan med parlbutiker, som jag fann forra aret.
hEJ SVEJS FRAN
eLSA

DELIVERY OF 8 MAHILAS TO NACHANA HAVELI

A VICTORYWALK THROUGH JAISALMER
The last day before I left Jaisalmer our 8 framed Mahilas,that would be placed in the Nachana Haveli Hotel, were ready for delivery.It was a great feeling for Kulwinder and me, to walk through the city with the small committegroup of women from the village.They were Agri and Jatani, the womengroupleaders. And our latest coworkers Radiya and Mima who will assist Kulwinder in the work with the Desert-festival-exhibition, where Mahila Aur Pani will take part.Radiya and Mima carries the boxes with framed embroideries.Proudly!


And so we got to meet the "Prince and princesse" (I call them so, with all respect,because they are members of the maharadiafamily.)In their hotel the images will be displayd and hopefully sold.Here is a picture in the Haveli taken by a nervous photografer.This was for me a grand final and happy moment!

And in the evening I was invited together with friends from Artist Hotel to a grand family celebration in the Haveli!But this is another story. There I couldn't take any photos, so I will make an embroidery of theese experiences.

Tomorrow the plane leaves for Sweden,and it will be fine to come home!

Goodbye India, for this time!Thank you all friends who have followed my blog!
Elsa