Nana ka konyo, drums, garden… and Malian children...what more could you possible want??
Since my last post, which hasn’t been too long ago. I have been pretty busy and have taken lots of photos…woohoo! I forgot how nice it was to have batteries for the camera.
I went to a wedding (konyo) last Thursday. My good friend Makasi’s daughter got married. Only 14 years only, which made me feel like an old woman, and not to mention to a 40 some year old man….. she married as his second wife and will be moving to Bamako soon. I will miss her.
There were 3 girls that got married together. And they all looked so beautiful. I had never seen such elegant/western wedding dresses here.
Everyone was dressed in their best for the occasion. I even wore Mali clothing…
Drums… I came across some kids playing the drums made out of cans and, of course, I gave it a try…. Its amazing how resourceful kids can be… check out these can drums…
Children….sitting on my porch I busted out my camera for some pictures of the kids. Mazaruna in my mom’s baby, she was born the beginning of December and Anya in maybe 3. I must confess, she is one of my favorites.
Howa and her friend too… and of course me.
Here are some pictures of the women’s garden… the garden (or what used to be the garden), the wells (which are dry at the moment) and the fence (that is a bit too short). This is one of my major projects during my service here.
more pictures later....
Since my last post, which hasn’t been too long ago. I have been pretty busy and have taken lots of photos…woohoo! I forgot how nice it was to have batteries for the camera.
I went to a wedding (konyo) last Thursday. My good friend Makasi’s daughter got married. Only 14 years only, which made me feel like an old woman, and not to mention to a 40 some year old man….. she married as his second wife and will be moving to Bamako soon. I will miss her.
There were 3 girls that got married together. And they all looked so beautiful. I had never seen such elegant/western wedding dresses here.
Everyone was dressed in their best for the occasion. I even wore Mali clothing…
Drums… I came across some kids playing the drums made out of cans and, of course, I gave it a try…. Its amazing how resourceful kids can be… check out these can drums…
Children….sitting on my porch I busted out my camera for some pictures of the kids. Mazaruna in my mom’s baby, she was born the beginning of December and Anya in maybe 3. I must confess, she is one of my favorites.
Howa and her friend too… and of course me.
Here are some pictures of the women’s garden… the garden (or what used to be the garden), the wells (which are dry at the moment) and the fence (that is a bit too short). This is one of my major projects during my service here.
more pictures later....
1 comments:
Wow! They sure didn't look to happy to be getting married, but they all looked very pretty :)
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