RE trip 26.01.16

Today I had a great time. I went on an RE trip. There are lots of religions in Kenya and today we visited 6 different places of worship in Nakuru. First we went to the Sikh temple which is actually called the Ghudwara. I found out that if you go to the Sikh temple you can't eat meat before you go. And when you go in,you have to cover up your head with a headscarf or a turban. When Sikhs go to the temple on Saturdays they get special sweeties that are made from butter,water,flour and sugar.

Then we went to a Hindu temple. The priest, who came to take us around the Hindu temple,could not speak any English only Kiswahili. When we went into the temple we were in a hallway. On either side of the hallway were idols which were gods. On one side was an elephant called Ganesh and on the other side was a Monkey called Hanuman. There was a tiny room at the end of the hall and inside were 2 idols - a male called Krishna and a female called Ratha.

After the Hindu temple we went to the Mosque. Us girls had to cover our heads when we went into the mosque.Two people showed us round and answered our questions. They also told us that when Muslims go to the washrooms they don't use tissue they wash themselves with water instead.

Next we went to another Hindu temple. It was very pretty inside. The lady told us that all the Gods we could see had once been alive, and that the ones in orange were saints. She said that the one at the end was still alive and was 95 years old.

Then we went to two different Christian churches. First we went to the Catholic Cathedral, which is where our family go to church sometimes so I had been there before. We had a photo outside by the statue of Mary.  The last place we went to was a Pentecostal church. A lady showed us round and answered our questions. She took us outside to the baptism place (which is like a big bath in the shape of a cross) and demonstrated how people are baptised in the Pentecostal church. You actually get right inside the pool to be baptised and are ducked right under the water.

It was a very interesting trip.