A View From Up Yonder
So I sat on the balcony at the PC house in KanKan and tried to find things that would be out of place in America. Here it is:
*2 10 year old boys selling bags of water on the street (parents now where in site)
*Lady shamelessly picking her nose
*Lady then brushes her teeth with finger and tea kettle
*Finally washes her feet with tea kettle
*Man carrying chairs on head
*2 grown men straddling a bike while carring tire
*baby passed out on back of 9 year old girl, head lauling arm dangling
*Dumpster/Gutter
*women praying in shop
*arab music followed by 80's hits coming from ice cream shop
*Ice cream cone to go...in a bag
*women in burka (covered in black including face)
*woman riding side saddle on moto
*round about with half gasoline barrel in center as "police stand" and yes they still circle around it
*2 Pcvs walking away from ice cream shop with 3 large ice creams
*Ambulance in line of about 20 cars for gas
*little red and yellow bags filled with habiscus and ginger juice (yummmy)
*blind man using little girl as seeing eye dog using a pole as a leash.
*Girl picks up empty cup and places it in bowl on her head then proceeds to get money from ice cream man which she gives to old man
posted by rizleymelinda @ 8:12 AM
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3 Comments:
Hey girlie, long time no see (though I guess it'll be even longer). It's great to hear a general account of what's going on around there in this post. Take care of yourself and keep it up!
Much love,
Greta
Also, are most people Muslim there (since you mentioned Arabic pop and burkas)? What is the religious variety like?
Hey Greta,
I got your postcard from moracco thlast month!! Thanks I really like hearing what's going on with other people.
With your question about Islam here> Yes guinea is predominately Muslim except for the forest region where many Christtians are found. I'm not sure what the two main types of islam are here but I do know that two exist. People describe the differences by the way they pray one group crosses their hand over their heart and the other let's their arms fall the the side. I'm sure the differences run deeper than that but that's what I get. Then there are the rare muslims where the woman are covered from head to foot. The way people explain it it to me is that it's prpobably a jealous husband. I don't know how much truth is in that statement. Maybe with the info I told you,you probably know the different secs of islam here. But as of yet no one has told me a name for the differences.
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