She has a nicer outfit and let her family braid her hair. I still haven't heard the end of it.
The boys are using a bike pump on the sheep. It's supposedly easier to skin after inflating.
She slept with her feet wrapped like that so the hemp design painted on her feet could set.
It's the cold season, so we all gather around the fire in the mornings. Today was a holiday though, so it was special.
Siradou was home visiting from the Cote D'Ivoire after a 15 year absence.
There's no birthday cake here, but Astou Mbaye wanted to blow out candles. I thought it was both sad and sweet, but everyone had a good time.
These are children on the side of the road in my village. They are always in the same place, rain or shine.
Uma lives in my compound. She is the former chief's second wife. I had to beg her to smile for a photo. It took awhile.
One of my favorite children in the compound. She was kicked in the head by a donkey a few months ago, but seems okay. Age 3?
We were barefoot the entire time. It was ideal beach sand, nothing to stub your toe on, yet I still managed a broken toe.
As I wrote in the blog, I didn't get dressed up for WAIST. As soon as I walked on the field though I was given one legwarmer, a headband, a noise maker, and maybe something else. I forget.
Every year for WAIST each region has a theme. I DID NOT vote for Kolda Klimax. It was very awkward to explain to the nice couple I was staying with who were my parent's age.
