Marc and I had a great day outside of the capital city, in a smaller town and village.
We had a very insightful Chuvash culture lesson from Sergei's old Chuvash teacher in the town of Krasnoarmeiskoye (Red Army) or 'Trakye" (in Chuvash).
We learned the Chuvash words for:
hello - 'Salam'
goodbye - 'Chebir-yull'
and thank you - 'Tauvta push'.
We also learned why the Chuvash believe that if their good works outweigh their bad deeds then they can earn their way to heaven.
After a quick fix on the car, we went to visit Sergei's home in the village. (Sergei is a student in Moscow who attends Marc's English Club and is native Chuvash).
The rest of the evening was filled with a display of Chuvash traditional costume, duck and dumpling soup (man, that was good!), and a good ole Chuvash version of the banya!
It just doesn't get any better than that!
Pictured is Sergei's mom Tatyana in her Chuvash engagement dress, and some duck and dumpling soup.
S'Bogum
Tim
No comments:
Post a Comment