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Photo Gallery #51- Ertchey's Birthday, Part I
Birthdays
in Chad aren't a huge event, or anything, but
on October 25th Ertchey turned 21, and a nice dinner,
Chadian-style, seemed like the least we could do...
Part
II
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The
dinner had been in the works for a few days, but it wasn't
til about one hour before that I discovered where it was
going to be- my house. Typical. |
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Livana,
who eventually got kicked out of the nice (sort of) homemade
plywood chair for Ertchey. |
No
Chadian ceremony or event is complete without speeches
or prayers, and Ertchey provided us with both.
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Dinner-
stewed beef filet in a tomato sauce served over white
rice. Nothing spectacular, but this is a festive meal
in these parts... |
Getting
ready to eat... |
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But
not yet... |
OK,
go for it... |
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One
thing about Chadians is that although most of them are rail-thin,
they can seemingly eat their body weight at a single meal-
three platters of rice and meat were polished off in less
than 15 minutes. |
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After dinner, someone got the brilliant idea, possibly Livana,
that we should try putting out matches in our mouths. As
the one 'responsible adult,' I declined. I did still watch
though... |
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Dessert. |
Part
II
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