LOCAL ADVENTURES

Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Happy Mother’s Day (we are so far apart, two more Mother’s Days apart, wow). I had an adventurous weekend. There is a group of eight Ohio students here for the next week and a half. I have been going on some of their field trips. Friday we went to the Kisubi Tombs where the last kings of the Buganda Tribe rest. Their spears and medals displayed. Women take turns staying in the hut for thirty days as their duty for being a member of the tribe. They attend the Kings so they won’t be alone and weave mats that visitors must kneel on to show respect and leaving shoes at the door. One King had over 100 “wives” although it seems like they were actually muliahs-but a King would never do a disrespectful thing like that! So they call them wives. Then we made a quick stop at the Uganda Museum. Saturday we visited a local fishing village so we could see the different ways to fish, mostly using nets. We walked through the market and watched men building canoes. Best of all, today we went to the village Kisasi, just outside of Kampala to see the N’dere Dance troupe perform traditional tribal dances from various areas around Uganda. I also ran into people I know! Can you imagine? It made me realize I am here, in this community. The dancers were fantastic, thick grass skirts and a lot of wiggle in the hips. Drumming, singing, stomping, and hopping. Beautiful.