Coffee with the ladies
cute little mary
Danielle and the kids & baby goat
The ladies have harvested a lot of maize recently. And now as a way to use it all before it goes bad they grind it by hand into a paste. Elizabeth was willing to teach me how. You take a handful of the already pounded maize with some water (in the metal pot) and place it on the elevated concrete. Then using your entire body (back, hips, arms, wrists) you slowly grinding the maize into a smoother paste. It takes a long long time to finish an entire pot. I was able to help out for 15 minutes before I was worn out. The women will complete one pot over half a day. All this while trying to keep the pigs, goats, chickens, and other animals & children away from eating the ground maize. It was a lot harder than Elizabeth made it look.
Me, children, and baby goat
Rebeka & baby Wakay
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