| Forty-five 
                people attended this festive occasion honouring the Divine Appearance 
                Day of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj in the 
                great land of China. 
 Several came early for cleaning, decorating and cooking. In the 
                evening, we had arotik, which was intently performed by one of 
                the students, and everyone participated in the chanting. That 
                is extraordinary as they are not accustomed to kirtan style  
                where one person leads, and everyone else repeats. Often I am 
                singing both parts alone! But this time, everyone joined and we 
                had a very nice kirtan.
 
 We also arranged for a Puspa Puja, flower offering, to Srila Sridhar 
                Maharaja, and again, everyone happily joined in.
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