Pictures: Villages, Baptism, Home Stay
Children in a village on the way out of Bamako
The same children standing for a posed picture
A bird in a village just outside Bamako
Dogon girl crushing Millet in a small Dogon village, also outside of Bamako
This is an amazing bird with tiny wings but a massive tail(This bird flies in a wave-like motion)
Dogon Grandma
Dogon Kitchen
Peace Corps trainees in their Bamberia village
Same Bambera Village
Same Bambera Village
Bess through polarized sunglasses
Our Tamashek classroom, a palace compared to those who live in the villages - they study under trees. We have a ceiling fan, T.V., toilet, and our language instructors have a cook, This guy here is Epony, our cook too, he took cooking courses in Pairis.
Picture taken at Toureg Baptism, can you find the American girls?
Woman dance at a Baptism, which is also considered a naming ceremony, the mother must stay indoors for 40 days after the birth. Like the wedding, the mother and baby did not attend this ceremony, they were inside the house.
The Baptism, or naming ceremony, being welcomed.
The entrance to our Home Stay compound, from the roof.
Home of Nezzhar and Iknet (Bess and Jared) at Homestay
The stairs to the roof of the Home Stay compound
Picture taken from the roof at Home Stay
Our Home Stay house is near the Niger river (seen here), but not in view...
Brother Akmad having his bucket bath
Sunrise, from the rooftop at Home Stay
Dogon Grandma
Dogon Kitchen
Peace Corps trainees in their Bamberia village
Same Bambera Village
Same Bambera Village
Bess through polarized sunglasses
Our Tamashek classroom, a palace compared to those who live in the villages - they study under trees. We have a ceiling fan, T.V., toilet, and our language instructors have a cook, This guy here is Epony, our cook too, he took cooking courses in Pairis.
Picture taken at Toureg Baptism, can you find the American girls?
Woman dance at a Baptism, which is also considered a naming ceremony, the mother must stay indoors for 40 days after the birth. Like the wedding, the mother and baby did not attend this ceremony, they were inside the house.
The Baptism, or naming ceremony, being welcomed.
The entrance to our Home Stay compound, from the roof.
Home of Nezzhar and Iknet (Bess and Jared) at Homestay
The stairs to the roof of the Home Stay compound
Picture taken from the roof at Home Stay
Our Home Stay house is near the Niger river (seen here), but not in view...
Brother Akmad having his bucket bath
Sunrise, from the rooftop at Home Stay
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