Adventures haa Ngesa (in the field)

After a year of begging, they finally let me go out to the field and help harvest peanuts!  The field is about an hour outside of town and man, that sun is hot.  After half a day, my water was gone and I was ready to head back to town.  Props to all of my Cameroonian friends who do this every day.

Nyadon's brothers and I out in their field 

In Grandma's peanut field

Nyadon carrying some of the peanuts we picked back from the field

Another of Nyadon's brothers on his way to pick up the rest of the peanuts with the bike

Dry season descending on the brousse of Danfili

I swear this isn't edited.  It's actually this color.

Victoria, the PCV in Tibati, visiting Danfili

Fete de Mouton (Eid)

Me in downtown Danfili (Photo cred: Justin) 

Downtown Danfili (Photo cred: Justin)

Men of Danfili gathered in the field where they pray on the day of the Fete de Mouton (Eid)

The majority of the men in Danfili were gathered here on the day of the fete

The grio (town crier) collecting money for his work during the fete

Hawa and I getting our sifa (henna) done together

The finished product

Our sheep before we ate him

Some of the kiddos and I during our long afternoon of getting sifa done

The girl who drew my sifa and I

After getting my sifa washed off

Grandma, Missira, Charifa, and I with our sheep in the kitchen

Grandma's husband, Nyadon (one of my good friends), and Grandma with our dead mouton.  They are getting ready to skin it.

Some of the kids in their new fete clothes

My new kitten, Peanut!

Nyadon with the sheep's intestines.  He showed me how to braid it like this before preparing it.

My gals (Missira, Charifa, Hawa) and I on the second day of the fete

Feasting on one of the many meals that arrived at my house the day of the fete.  Luckily, kids are always more than willing to help you finish the massive amounts of food.

My counterpart, Asta (on the right), her co-wife (on the left), and myself

Nyadon and I