i had visited the palace during the day. the gardens are strikingly well maintained and the building is very impressive but it's only inside that the palace in mysore presents itself in its full glory. or so i thought.
during the dussera festival, they light up the outside during the festival's 10 consecutive days and every sunday throughout the year, between 7 and 8, they present us with the same stunt. came sunday, i awaited outside the palace's gates as the crowd gathered. at 7, the doors to the gardens were opened, the huge space soon filled. finally, i joined in the collective sigh of marvel as the lights were turned on.
the crowd was further impressed by a militar fanfarre playing waltzs, which i thought was quite amusing even if not particularly well performed, and remembered being gracefully led through the dance floors of sao pedro do sul.
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