Three days ago we looked out our window at the hillside about a mile away and saw someone swinging from some kind of device. We are nearing the end of the biggest festival of the year and suspected there was some relationship. Day before yesterday we decided to investigate. Making a large swing is one way to celebrate the festival for the children and this is what we found. The four poles are bamboo trees that have been stuck in the ground in the arrangement of a square then tied together with a cross piece up about twenty feet with a heavy rope making the swing. As I look out my window right now the swing seems to be in constant use and with a little scouting around one finds these swings put up in many locations including one just out side the local temple. Of course putting them up on a hillside simply makes the ride a bit more exciting as the bamboo trees do bend a bit. The following pictures further support how much fun it is and as you can guess the locals insisted, without too much resistance, that we try it too.
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