Today in Jewish Studies, we learned about Tu Bishvat, the birthday of the trees. The Jews in India celebrate a holiday like Tu Bishvat but it is called Malida. The holiday is called Malida because it means to mix and you have rice in the holiday of Malida. You also eat a lot of fruit on Malida. Some people put the fruit in their rice. The rice isn’t just regular rice it is sweet rice. To make the rice you put in coconut then you mix, then you put in sugar then you mix, then you put in more coconut and then you mix and so on and so on. I think Malida is a pretty cool holiday. If you try doing it I hope you like it.