Village Kids
I noticed several girls in the village this day had gray ash-looking stuff smeared all over them. There appeared to be no mourning going on (the only explanation for it that I could think of), but I recently read - I think in Emma's War - about children being rubbed with ash to keep off the mosquitoes. I wonder if that was the case here?
posted by Amanda at
6:48 PM
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Amanda, did you not have the language skills to ask them -- or would it have been impoliteto to ask? I am always struck by the beauty of the children and their smiles.
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Anonymous, at 6:42 AM
Berta, I didn't know enough Karamojong to ask, and Amy was carrying on her own conversations so I didn't want to interupt her to interpret. Now I'm disappointed I forgot to ask her later about it, though!
I don't think anyone would have thought it was impolite - there are probably many taboos, but overall people are very friendly and willing to talk (whether I can understand them or not :)
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Amanda, at 11:48 AM
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