Monday, 23 July 2012

The Pygmies

These are not the Pygmies. These are my new friends from Belgium! Peter, in the bow, has family connections in Lira in north central Uganda. We had a boat tour to the primitive Pygmies' village.





They get the call that a boatload of muzungus are on their way, and in the spirit of tourism and profit, they dance and we pay for the cultural experience. I expected the Pygmies to be smaller than they were, and their hilltop dwellings were the most extreme poverty I have seen yet.






Sorghum is the main crop here, used for making local beer.





Sun dried sorghum


Even Tim got in on the dance action!





Mamas with babies





With love from Jen

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