B: DURING THE FESTIVAL THEY ARE THERE A LOT LIKE A LOT OF THEM COME AROUND AND THEN SOME OF THEM WHEN THEY COME THE CHIEFS INTRODUCE THE CLOTHES TO THEM AND THEY WEAR IT SO YOU WILL SEE LIKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THE ROAD WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES THE SAME COLOR IT'S IT'S REALLY FUN WITH MUSIC EVERYWHERE IS LOUD MUSIC EVERYWHERE I HAVE TO TAKE YOU IN NOVEMBER I REALLY DO HAVE TO TAKE YOU AND THE KIDS I KNOW THAT BOY WILL BE REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE

A: OH I WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO I WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FESTIVAL

B: YEAH YOU SHOULD YOU SHOULD AND YOU KNOW UM I'VE BEEN YOU KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF TELENOVELAS IN IN GHANA SHOWING THE INDIAN FESTIVAL AND THE OH THE THE THE SWEETS AND ALL THAT CAN YOU UM TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT IT

A: OH YEAH SURE I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU UH WELL FROM AUGUST PARTICULARLY WE START

B: HMM

A: LIKE A SERIES OF FESTIVALS AND THEY GO ON RIGHT UP TO CHRISTMAS UM

B: OKAY

A: NOW UH EVERYBODY HAS UM THEIR OWN UM FESTIVAL BUT WE UH WE START IN AUGUST RIGHT FROM WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF LORD KRISHNA WE HAVE THE TEN DAY

B: OKAY

A: <DTMF> PROGRAM

B: OKAY

A: THEN WE UH WE START WITH NAVARATRI WHERE WE WORSHIP A GODDESS FOR NINE DAYS SOME PEOPLE EVEN FAST

B: OKAY OKAY

A: AND THEN WE MOVE TO DIWALI

B: OKAY

A: UM YOU KNOW AND MOST OF THESE FESTIVALS ARE UM YOU KNOW THE HOUSES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE VERY CLEAN YOU WELCOME GODS INTO YOUR HOME

B: HMM

A: UM UM THE PLACE IS CLEAN TIDY UM LOTS OF SWEETS UM GIFTS ARE EXCHANGED SO IT'S A REALLY FUN TIME AND OF COURSE

B: MM

A: DIWALI IS LIKE GLOBALLY KNOWN YOU KNOW

B: OKAY YEAH YEAH I KNOW I KNOW ABOUT IT I KNOW ABOUT IT

A: YES

B: THERE IS NO INDIAN MOVIE YOU WATCH THAT THEY DON'T CELEBRATE THAT FESTIVAL

A: YES

B: THERE'S NO INDIAN MOVIE

A: UH DIWALI IS QUITE AFTER CHRISTMAS

B: DIWALI OH I SEE

A: UH YOU KNOW ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR FOR MOST

B: I SEE

A: UM UM CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES CHRISTMAS IS THERE FOR THE MUSLIMS

B: OKAY

A: IT'S EID BUT FOR FOR THE HINDUS IT'S DIWALI UM IT HAS A LOT OF

B: OH

A: CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE

B: OH OH OH I SEE I SEE I SEE

A: SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S A FUN TIME OF THE YEAR STARTING AUGUST WE START

B: HMM

A: IT'S LIKE NON STOP WE WILL AND FOR JUST TO LET YOU KNOW DURING THESE FESTIVALS WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY MEAT NO

B: WOW

A: NO CHICKEN NO FISH NO EGG IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN

B: OH WOW WOW

A: SO THERE THERE'S A LOT YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN IT COMES TO TO CULTURE

B: HMM

A: CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE DO

B: HMM HMM HMM WOW

A: AND UM APART FROM THAT I'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU OVER FOR A LOVELY MEAL

B: YES I'D LOVE TO COME I'D LOVE TO

A: OH WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR YOU WANT TO UH YOU'D LIKE TO EAT

B: I HAVE HEARD I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THESE SWEETS I MUST I MUST TASTE THESE SWEETS AND YOU KNOW THE THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THEM IS THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE SWEETS TO ME

A: BUT THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE SWEETS

B: THEY LOOK TO ME THEY LOOK LIKE UH SOMETHING LIKE A DOUGHNUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE A SWEET TO ME AND THE WAY IT'S MADE IT'S FRIED YOU KNOW WE DON'T IN MY PART OF THE WORLD WE DON'T THINK THAT SWEET DO YOU KNOW GHANAIANS WE DON'T CULTURALLY WE DON'T HAVE SWEETS

A: YES YES I'M AWARE AND EVERYTHING IS ORGANIC

B: YES YES

A: UM THE SWEET ALSO IS TAKEN MORE

B: YES

A: FROM FROM FRUITS AND THINGS THAT ARE NAT NATURALLY SWEET

B: YES

A: I HAVE OBSERVED THAT

B: YES YES

A: PEOPLE DON'T REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU KNOW CHILDREN TO EAT SUGAR WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOOD

B: NO

A: IT'S IT'S HEALTHY

B: WE DON'T HAVE

A: BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONLY NATURAL SOURCES OF SUGAR ENTERING YOUR BODY

B: YES YES SO WE WE CONSIDER SUGAR CANE AS SWEET WE CONSIDER UM STRAWBERRIES AND THOSE THINGS AS SWEET WE DON'T KNOW SWEET IS NOT PART OF OUR LIVES WE DON'T THERE'S NOTHING LIKE SWEETS THERE'S NOTHING

A: THERE IS CAKE THAT'S GLOBALLY EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD PEOPLE ENJOY CAKE

B: CAKE

A: YES CAKE

B: OKAY

A: OF LIKE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAKE OR YOU KNOW

B: MM HMM

A: THAT'S SWEET BUT I NOTICED UM NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOY THAT TOO

B: NO WE DON'T SWEET IS NOT YOU KNOW THEY TALK ABOUT DESSERT DESSERT NO THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR SOCIETY NO

A: OKAY

B: YEAH THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR SOCIETY IT'S JUST IT'S JUST THE ORGANIC FOODS AND THAT DOES IT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE SWEETS WE ADOPTED THOSE THINGS FROM THE WEST WEST PEOPLE

A: OKAY

B: HMM

A: WELL IN INDIA IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD SO THE MORE I LEARN THE BETTER I GET

B: HMM

A: AND OF COURSE LIKE I SAID IF THERE'S ANYTHING I DON'T KNOW UM

B: MM HMM

A: IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT I'D PROBABLY JUST YOUTUBE A RECIPE

B: YEAH

A: BUT WHEN YOU DO COME OVER LIZ I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF WE TRIED LIKE AN UH AUTHENTIC INDIAN MEAL THAT INVOLVES SOME NICE RICE

B: HMM

A: A NICE CURRY A VEGETABLE AND UM

B: OKAY

A: SOME ROTI WHICH IS INDIAN BREAD

B: OH I SEE I SEE

A: SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON OKAY

B: YES YES YES YES YES

A: PROBABLY SOMETIME NEXT WEEKEND YOU CAN DROP IN WITH THE FAMILY AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE MEAL TOGETHER

B: YES YES I REALLY MISS OUR OUR TIME TOGETHER I REALLY UM HOPE TO TO SEE YOU AND THE WHOLE FAMILY AND THE LOVE AND I I'LL REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU SO I WILL CONTACT YOU LATER AND THEN WE ARRANGE FOR FOR OUR MEETING DATE

A: SOUNDS PERFECT MY FRIEND DO TAKE CARE

B: ALL RIGHT YES

A: ALL RIGHT HAVE A GOOD DAY

B: YOU TOO YOU TOO

A: BYE BYE

B: HAVE A GOOD DAY MY LOVE TO THE WHOLE FAMILY

A: SURE YOU TOO BYE BYE

B: WELL BYE

B: OKAY WE'RE GONNA START HI MY PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS UH F C TWENTY EIGHT P TWO

A: HI MY PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS I D F C TWENTY EIGHT P ONE

B: IGNORE_TIME_SEGMENT_IN_SCORING

A: IGNORE_TIME_SEGMENT_IN_SCORING

B: ALL RIGHT WE GOT IT

A: OKAY

B: IT'S REALLY STRANGE TO HEAR YOU TALKING IN ENGLISH <LAUGH>

A: YES

B: WE USUALLY TALK IN SPANISH

A: <LAUGH> YES AFTER BEING FRIENDS FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS

B: YEP

A: UH I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WAS THE YEAR WHEN WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME MAYBE THROUGH MY MY SMALL BROTHER

B: YEP

A: AND UM WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY <LAUGH>

B: UH WHICH YEAR WAS ON TWENTY NO HOW I SAY TWO ZERO ZERO ONE I SAY TWO THOUSAND ONE YEAH TWO THOUSAND ONE

A: YES

B: WE START UH THE BAND OUR FIRST ROCK BAND NO ISN'T IT

A: YES THAT'S IT I GUESS

B: WE MEET BUT WE MEET AT THE STUDIO THE FIRST TIME WHEN YOU GO TO

A: YES UH I WENT TO THAT STUDIO UH TO RECORD SOME GUITARS FOR YOUR WELL THE THE SAME BAND BUT WITHOUT ME AND THEN WE DECIDED TO ADD A NEW MEMBER WELL YOU DECIDED <LAUGH> TO ADD ME AS A NEW MEMBER AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF UH THIS UH FRIENDSHIP

B: BUT WHY WAS WHY WAS THE REASON THAT YOU WERE AT THE STUDIO BECAUSE WE DON'T CALL YOU TO GO THERE JUST STAY THERE FOR SOME REASON

A: WELL UM YES I WAS WITH MY

B: WITH ENGINEER WHAT'S THE NAME I DON'T REMEMBER THE ENGINEER THE THE STUDIO ENGINEER

A: STUDIO ENGINEER <LAUGH>

B: NO THE THE NAME THE NAME

A: UH ALBERTO

B: ALBERTO ALBERTO ALBERTO I DON'T REMEMBER SO YOU WERE HERE AFTER WE START RECORDING AND WE SAY THEY SAY HEY WE CAN WE CAN UH RECORD SOME GIGS HERE AND I SAY OH OKAY PERFECT

A: YES I WAS JUST UM FINISHING MY MY STUDIES OF UH SOUND ENGINEER

B: OH

A: AND I WAS THERE BECAUSE I HAD TO ST TO TO STAY THERE FOR THREE MONTHS AND UH BUT I I'M NOT SURE I I GUESS I WAS RECORDING SOME GUITARS FOR YOU AND UM AND WELL UM I KNEW YOU BECAUSE UH THIS GUY ALBERTO TOLD ME TO TO GO TO SOME OF YOUR CONCERTS UH SO SO ON UH THURSDAYS THAT WAS REALLY WELL AT THAT TIME UH I WAS MAYBE <DTMF> OF HAVING A LOT OF PARTIES SO ALMOST EVERY DAY

B: A PLEASANT PLACE TO STAY

A: THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AND UH THE MOST THE BETTER AND AND WELL I STARTED TO GO TO YOUR SHOWS ALMOST EVERY WEEK AND FINALLY I I END UP IN PLAYING IN YOUR BAND

B: WE SAY IN SPANISH DRINKING UNTIL THE WATER OF THE FLOWER SPOT <LAUGH> I THINK THERE IS A <OVERLAP>

A: EXACTLY

B: I'M SURE THERE IS UH A A A A SENTENCE UH HOW DO I SAY IT IN ENGLISH UM CAN I SAY IT'S A I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME

A: UH UH IDIOM