D.R. and India

Watching the video of kids from the Dominican Republic kind of reminded me India. The environment, clothing, houses, as well as the games the kids played were similar to the lifestyle in India. My mom grew on an island outside of India and later moved to small village in South India in the state of Kerala. I been to India three times and we always go to my grandparents house. Houses shown on the video are very similar to the houses in that village and throughout India. All the houses are very colorful and built in blocked shape. Houses don’t really have much of a structure, they are very plain. Every where you go in India there are markets left and right selling all sorts of things including meat, rice and clothing. Next to all the markets are roaming cows and chickens. Kids play games similar to vitilla called cricket. There are two teams of eleven players each. There two wickets composed of three stumps. The bowler or pitcher throws a fast fist-sized ball and bounces to the batsman who is in front of one of the wickets. The batsman uses a flat wooden bat to hit the ball. The objective of the game is to run to opposite side and exchange spots with another teammate, the non-striker, who is waiting behind the second set of wicket stumps. The batter can get out by an opposing player by either catching a ball or if the bowler knocks down the wicket behind the batter.