more of the ladies selling stuff.
Mosque in process of being built with wall of graffiti art
you see goats and other livestock right in the city
trip to a sand painting place. all the sand colors are natural.
they put down a rough drawing. Then section by section they add glue and sand.
lots of street booths with the basics - in this case food
colorful vehicles abound
more colorful vehicles
fishing is a large part of their internal commerce as well as for export
mostly small boats - some very nice and well maintained while others...
weaving cloth - the piece is set up for about 10-12'
wonderful woven items and leather items
Presidential Palace - they had just received a gift of motor bikes for the police
our tour guide
guide in training
dancers and drummers - the men have headdresses that they twirl
stilt walker and dancers
dancers - they moved so fast that it was a blur
lots of symbolism - each character was timeless. Joseph Campbell would have been pleased.
my $10 caftan from Dakar
for a sense of the dancers who were really good - click to play