tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post4398179437772337941..comments2023-10-24T03:33:55.572-07:00Comments on Aerin's Cranberry Blog: Out of my comfort zoneAerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11142518259771067132noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-86244596491788567682007-05-02T21:12:00.000-07:002007-05-02T21:12:00.000-07:00Sounds like it was an experience with fun and disc...Sounds like it was an experience with fun and discomfiture for all! I would have liked to have seen it.<BR/><BR/>On another note you brought up, that's an interesting regional mismatch! Northern and southern regions of countries have a tendency to be *very* distinct from , and often culturally antipathetic toward, each other. I am brought to imagine all the possible gaffes in a conservative American southerner in India being asked to host an "American-style" baby shower, including appropriate rituals of "American religion," for an urbanite from Los Angeles or Detroit.<BR/><BR/>Now <I>that</I> would be fun to watch as a fly on the wall.Glubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312562242395394531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-80635018818536878582007-04-04T18:44:00.000-07:002007-04-04T18:44:00.000-07:00chanson - I agree. I do appreciate experiencing o...chanson - I agree. I do appreciate experiencing other religious services (sometimes) and other traditions. I think for me it was a mixing work with friendship/religion thing - it was just awkward. The strange part about this ceremony is the person who led it was from northern India, while the couple is from southern India. I think the traditions met somewhat - but there are differences.<BR/><BR/>FFG - I find the office and office space hysterical. Sometimes they hit a little too close to home. That and dilbert.Aerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142518259771067132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-13904248587220892782007-04-04T11:52:00.000-07:002007-04-04T11:52:00.000-07:00Your experience reminds me of that sitcom, the Off...Your experience reminds me of that sitcom, the Office. They are always forcing people to be uncomfortable. It probably has more to do with those around you & the setting rather than the ritual. <BR/><BR/>I love experiencing rituals and customs of other cultures. It is the familiar Christian ones that seem bizarrely uncomfortable for me. Perhaps, I feel like it is being forced rather than shared.Freckle Face Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324960438835000817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738167594002469989.post-55692248720293645402007-04-04T05:17:00.000-07:002007-04-04T05:17:00.000-07:00True it's kind of odd to have something like that ...True it's kind of odd to have something like that at work.<BR/><BR/>Outside of the office though, it can be kind of interesting to see customs of unfamiliar cultures. When I was working in New Jersey and had a bunch of colleagues from India, I used to like to ask them what regions of India they're each from, and how the customs in the various regions differ from one another. They took me out to a Hindi movie one Saturday (which was a lot of fun) and (at my request) they took me to a Divali service at a Hindu house of worship, which I also found fascinating...C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.com