Amintalla riittaa hommia: olemme teettaneet afterramadan -pukuja, ettei sentaan naissa samoissa hikisissa ryysyissa jouduta olemaan, kun muilla on parhaat paalla. Taalla hamartyy kylla todellisuudentaju pukeutumisen suhteen, huh huh, tekee mieli varikkaita koruja, horhelopaitoja ja kiiltelevia paljettisandaaleja. Veera sortui pikkuletteihin :) Hommaan kului aikaa 2,5 tuntia ja operaatio maksoi 20 markkaa. Taallahan naisilla on uusi kampaus melkein joka paiva.
Tanaan paasimme vihdoin rannalle ja teimme siella joululahjalistaa! Tuntuu hiukan omituiselta ajatella joulua, kun taalla on yli 30 astetta lamminta jatkuvasti.
Minttu oli kysynyt, miksi jotkut ihmiset nukkuvat kaduilla ja talojen seinustoilla. Kuulemma muuten vaan, kaikilla on paikka mihin menna, mutta jos nyt sattuu illalla lohoilemaan kadulla ja siihen torkahtaa, niin ei se haittaa vaikka siina nukkuisi sitten koko yon. Oli myos ihmetelty, etta "eiko teille Suomessa koskaan kay niin?"
Huomenna teemme paperia lasten kanssa. Doudou, joka on puuseppa, teki raameja ja niihin pingotettiin hyttysverkkoa. Itse kavimme ostamassa lankkua torilta (Modun mielesta se oli kertakaikkiaan mahdoton ajatus, etta mina ja Veera voisimme ostaa puuta ja kantaa sen Sunu Keuriin, matkaa on korkeintaan puoli kilometria). Siita nikkaroitiin allas paperimassalle.
On taas torstai-ilta ja joukko miehia laulaa kadulla kovaaanista ylistyslaulua. Se kuuluu Suñu Këriin niin etta joutuu juttelemaan huutaen vaikka toinen istuisi vieressa. Tasan neljan viikon kuluttua on kotiinpaluun aika. Nukkukaa hyvin, eli nellaw bu bax.
Shiny things and little braids.
Yesterday morning I was planning to start taking slides with my camera, but, look at that, the camera is broken. That´s why we spent the whole day in Dakar looking for a battery charger or a new camera for me, unfortunately with no luck. Well, we found the binbin-shops, little pearl heavens. There you can find any kinds of pearls, different colours, sizes, made from glass, wood, plastic... after that we stayed up until 4 am making necklaces.
Aminta has lots of work: we´ve ordered after-ramadan-dresses, so we won´t have to wear the same sweaty clothes when everybody else has the nicest outfits. I think I have no sense af reality in what comes to dressing anymore, I feel like I need colorful jewels, glittery clothes and shiny shoes. Veera already has little braids :) It took 2,5 hours to make them and the whole thing cost 2000 cfa (20 mk). Here the women have a new hairstyle almost everyday.
Today we finally went to the beach, and made some list about Christmas presents. It feels a bit strange to think about Christmas, when it´s over 30 degrees continually.
Minttu had asked why some people sleep in the streets and in front of the houses. They told that just for fun, that everybody has a place to go, but sometimes you´re maybe chatting with friends there, and feel too tired to move. So why bother getting anywhere. They also wondered doesn´t this really ever happen to us in Finland..?
Tomorrow we´ll make recycled paper with the kids. Doudou, the carpenter, made some frames for us and we stretched mosquito net on them. We went to buy some wood ourselves from the market place (Modu thought it was absolutely an impossible idea for me and Veera to buy and carry a board from the market to the centre, about half a kilometre). From the wood and plastic we made a pool for the paper pulp.
It is Thursday evening again, and a group of men are singing the baifal song in the street. It´s so loud you have to shout here in Suñu kër to get heard. After exactly four weeks it´s time to return home. Sleep well, nellaw bu bax.
