8.00 AM - by taxi to Kartong ( 75 km) in the south of The Gambia
African Sister...
the family centered round the baby...
it's al about him today...
taking care of the baby...
preparing the party breakfast: “pap”
evrybody so happy..
cooking and clapping hands....
stirring and singing...
the couscous..
water for the rice...
“Say hello to Mama Afrika!
elder sister...
cleaning for the party...
everybody likes being photographed...
grinding the couscous...
wood for the fire...
Two grandma's with the babyboy
mom in between....
there he is... with his mother...
nicely wrapped in a fresh cloth...
meanwhile outside: breakfast is nearly ready...
de pap is klaar...
iets met rijst en water en gemalen pinda's...
even the chickens are having a party...
the first guests arive in a pickup...
beatifull clothes with lots of gold-colours...
met nog meer kinderen...
another grandma with her grandson..
sister and little brother...
fixed!
on rythme...
preparing the dinner...
meanwhile in the sleepingroom...
every woman does a bit...
the cooking hut....
cooking and dancing...
the mother and her sister (in law?)
brother (in law?)
quite a lot of people allready..
one wears a gold handbag, the other a bucket...
a chair for the elder woman..
now it is their turn...
resting on the chair...
its difficult keeping a bottle and having a piss..
its me...Mama Afrika..
the midwife - 90 years old - who helped the mother getting the baby..
Happy couple ...
my little presents for the mother and the baby..
still going strong...
male visitors sitting apart...
making sweet flourballs....
preparing fish for dinner..
breakfast!!!
ritual shaving of the baby-hair. By the grandparents..
very carefully.... very silent...
the shaven hair..
baby is ready to get his name..
cleaning the razor...
special prepared water...
The band !!!
wrapped in the white broderie I gave, plus gold embroidery...
proud midwife...
de vadthye father brings breakfast for the Toebabs ( 3x NL)
“his name wil be Pappish!”
Please give some money!!
ladies also apart...
Presentation of the babyboy...
blessing the child...
moneytime...
3 toebabs...
it looks like a photostudio..
the musicgroup has arived...
elder women start dancing...African dancing yeah!
Mama Suwareh (left) just finished school...
preparing more dinner...
music-girls dancing...
lemonade in plastic bags to drink...
Tjitske and Tine... also from Holland...
bankbiljetten aan haar jurk...
silent in the sleepingroom with grandma....
mother (left) ready for the party...
Mama with the elder brother of the mother...
neighbours?
cooking ladies...
interior cooking hut....
several little fires...
partyTime!!!
Tjitske....
Tjitske and the mother.. The party goes on during the whole day.. I quit.
