The ballet thus far has been full of processions, of Indian pomp and circumstance, but now comes the greatest one yet: the single, zigzag file of Shades, descending from the moonlit Himalayas, dance beyond life.
An hour later they are back, petrol drums filled and empty gas cylinders exchanged for full ones, a disorderly procession doing what Nepal's government has largely failed to do for four months: provide fuel to its citizens.
While the Sejm comprised representatives of the nobility and clergy, the reformers were supported by the burghers, who in late 1789 organized in Warsaw a "Black Procession" demanding full political enfranchisement of the bourgeoisie.
In support are the similarly gender-querying pair of Oliver Ho and Danny Passarella, premiering their collaborative release MULTI, an often-beatless 12-inch full of stately ambient processions, with more propulsive stuff from Ho playing live in his Broken English Club guise.
He stared over a pair of aviator glasses as a procession of full-bosomed women and potbellied men lectured him on the evils of an ordinance restricting the right to park recreational vehicles on the street.
When he arrived in Zangala the religious procession was in full swing.
And indeed, the house today is full to bursting with a procession of teenage boys.
Especially that night, with the full moon above, the glowing procession swallowed up into the pyramid was quite the spectacle.
The event is full of pageantry and symbolism: processions with religious statues, trumpets sounding before each fire-walk, and three virgins (or, these days, three women who are unmarried).
For the full effect, try the tasting menu: a procession of 24 small plates including "gin fizz frozen warm," candied quail egg and, my favorite, "olives soup with spherical olives".
