OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO WHILE ON YOUR PROGRAMME

BOLLYWOOD DANCE CLASSES:
Price: £25 for 4-Week dance course (12 hrs), concurrent with your main project. 12 lessons in total (3 x 1-hour lessons a week), excludes transport.

Bollywood dance classes - a fun way of learning some fantastic moves, whilst at the same keep keeping fit! All levels are catered for and the lessons are taken at one of Madurai’s leading dance studios. Three private Bollywood classes per week, each lasting one hour. These will usually be taken in the afternoon but there will be some flexibility, depending on your teacher’s schedule. The course location is only 20 minutes by auto from your accommodation. By the end of the course you will have learnt a dance routine to a whole song from an Indian movie.

Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest centres of film production in the world. Bride and Prejudice is typical of the modern day films, with love, romance, singing, flamboyant costumes and hypnotic dancing. The teacher has over 10 years' experience teaching Bollywood Dance and has put on a number of productions in Madurai and around Tamil Nadu.

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INDIAN COOKERY CLASSES:
Prices:
1 Cookery class running concurrently with your project (1 Lesson spread over two days): £28.
A One Month Cookery Course (4 Lessons, one a week): £99

Our cooking classes are held by a local trained cook who currently teaches cooking classes in a school in Madurai. Classes are held after 3.30pm and for one cooking session, 2 days are required. You'll make a total of 8 dishes which will normally consist of a rice or bread dish; a meat and a vegetable dish and a dessert. Vegetarians can choose 2 vegetable dishes each day.

You'll choose your menu beforehand and the teacher will take you shopping to the local market. You'll prepare and eat the first of your 4 dishes and if you have chosen to make idli or dosa, this also needs to be prepared a day in advance. On the following day you will again make 4 dishes of your choice and then enjoy tucking into your sumptuous meal.

If you are interested in discovering more about cooking, we have also arranged for a month of classes where you will attend one session each week for 4 weeks. If food is one of life’s pleasures for you, then this opportunity is not to be missed!

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TAMIL LANGUAGE COURSES:

• 2-Week Tamil course: Price: £30
• 4-Week Tamil course: Price: £60
• 8-Week Tamil course: Price: £120
• 12-Week Tamil course: Price: £180

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Vanakam - Welcome! Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn Tamil, the official language of Tamil Nadu with one to one lessons with a private tutor. These language lessons are available to do at the same time as your main project. Learning a little Tamil will enrich your time here immeasurably, enabling you to converse with the locals, order a drink in a restaurant and not forgetting watching all the Tamil dramas on TV!

Your lessons will be individually tailored to your requirements and are conducted at the home of a local retired Lecturer who worked at Madurai Kamaraj University in Madurai for 27 years. Whatever your level/requirements, the teacher is dedicated in helping you achieve your goals. For the 2-Week or longer course, lessons will normally be held Monday to Friday for one hour each day. All you need to take is your own notebook and stationery. Please note that transport to and from the class is not included in the cost.

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YOGA AND MEDITATION COURSES:
Prices:
2-Week Yoga and Meditation Combined Course: £38
4-Week Yoga and Meditation Combined Course: £76
8-Week Yoga and Meditation Combined Course: £152
Excludes transport.

Meditation is a mind-body practice and you'll learn to relax your body and mind and create a focused awareness to bring you stillness and inner peace. Your lessons will be conducted at the home of a lady teacher who has more than 7 years' experience as a Yoga Practitioner and Trainer. The courses comprise one x 1-hour lesson per day, Monday to Friday only. The 2 week course will consist of the following:

• Asanas (posture)
• Pranayama
• Kriya
• Meditation

The 4 and 8 week courses will consist of the same as above, but includes Surya Namaskar.

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