Girls arrived from JSS. This is school Blessing Baskets and the weavers in the village had built so they had an all girls school in village that they could afford. I love the pink uniforms personally.
Peter showing me how to move on the dance floor. The ladies behind us are clapping and dancing while the guys put the final chairs in place. There are over 800 weavers, plus all the VIPS, 4 PCV’s, and many people from the village.
One of the leather men’s twin girls. They are so cute but the one on the right is soooo afraid of me and the one on the left is not going to commit to anything just yet. Aren’t their dress so sweet.
Part of the entertainment. Look at the sticks they use to hit the drums. I am betting many people will get excited about those pants and will start a fad in AMERICA.
This drummer was full of acrobatics as he played his drums.
He apparently is very popular on radio and he played 3 different times much to the approval of the crowd.
The kids from the drama club put on a play about students lives changing from weaving for Blessing Basket. However, in this scene the children were made fun of because they had torn uniforms and dirty uniforms. Daddy is making rope and is less than worried about their clothes and being made fun of until he is requested to go to school. He went but was not happy and still wasn’t sure he was willing to buy more uniforms. The man in strip outfit is Daddy and he is a wonderful actor. I saw him in another play where I did not have an interrupter next to me and I still understood his character that he played. Hope he gets to use his talents.
Here Theresa, the owner of Blessing Baskets, is telling the weavers how proud she is of all the graduates (over 130). They graduate out of the program to let in more weavers. These grads have made it to college, come home from the South to go to school or start a business or improve their farms. Once they make their goal they leave a spot for someone else to come in to start a dream. The stories are truly amazing.
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