Tuesday, May 22, 2012

14th May



Ants are running on my laptop. Water in Linguere is always warm even we turn a cold faucet. Internet is unstable. We take shower more than two times per a day because we are all covered in sweat. HOWEVER, we have leaned the culture through these experiences what Senegalese people do. There are so many beautiful things. As the most important thing, people are very friendly, and greeting is so important in Senegal. How many times have we said “Salaa maale kum (Please be upon you)”a day to strangers? When we go out, people greet to us in Wolf or French. When we visit house as our program, people says that we can come back anytime because it is also your house. They have very good hospitality. They share time, food anytimes. It might be hard to invite strangers like us who from a different countries. In addition, we are staying with host families. Julia and I have lived at Aminata’s house now. Our host mom does not speak Wolof and French, only speaks Pular. Although we learned Wolf, we did not learned Pular, so we would learn everything from their culture such as food, behaviors and religion. They have many things which we forget or do not have.  Maimi

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