What she was doing was so amazingly visual and moving. It was just like a lotus flower unfolding.

Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak. Be grateful to the mud, water, air and the light.

Durga wore a simple sea-green dress and a lei of lotus flowers. . . “Take this,” it has no special power except that the blooms will not fade, but it will serve a purpose on your voyage. I want you to learn the lesson of the lotus. This flower springs forth from muddy waters. It raises its delicate petals to the sun and perfumes the world while, at the same time, its roots cling to the elemental muck, the very essence of the mortal experience. Without that soil, the flower would wither and die.” She placed the lei over my neck. “Dig down and grow strong roots, my daughter, for you will stretch forth, break out of the waters and find peace on the calm surface at last. You will discover that if you hadn’t stretched, you would have drowned in the deep, never to blossom or share your gift with others.

You get a little of everything ---- music, (theater) performances, storytellers, arts and crafts hands-on stuff.

Everybody likes something different, but they all like everything.

They do a lot of things that would fascinate kids. They bring out poles and do dance with them. ... Image two people using two long poles as a percussion instruments while one person is jumping over them.