Culture time

While I was in the North, I was able to participate in some traditional culture things.

I met the grandparents of my youth kids. Suama and I sat for some pictures with her Grandmother who is blind. It was really cool to get to meet some of their extended family. Not in the pictures but I also met the chief of the tribe in the village and that was pretty cool. While visiting their Grandmother, one of the cousins was coming into the house area as an annoucement of her wedding next week. So, we picked up the cow tails and it is culturally appropriate to dance out to meet the bride and then dance around her making this noise with you tongue. Well I am not one to stand back and not be part of the fun so I picked up the cow tail, danced out to meet the bride and danced around her shaking the tail and hollering all over the place. She was quite surprised! Haha! That was funny. Then we gathered around the fire to listen to some drums and dance around in celebration. This is not the first time I have seen this but I love it. I love the excitement and celebration. Again, it was really cool to be a part of this but more than that, it was cool to get to see this side of my youth kids and their lives.