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| The women's section at one stage of a village wedding |
Sudanese weddings are a series of events that take place
over many days. I don’t know what they
are yet but we were invited to the event where the men jump up and down and
beat the groom with sticks while the women and children watch. I have no more information to give you at
this point.
When we arrived we were treated like celebrities. Chairs were made available for me and Rebecca
with the women and the children swarmed around us wanting their picture
taken. Not to be outdone the women also
got up and danced and wanted their picture taken too!
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| Children crowded around us - we caused quite a disruption |
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| This lady did not want to be left out and strutted her stuff |
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| Men dancing and getting ready to jump |
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| Boys on a wall watching the men jump |
It was all a bit overwhelming to be honest and after a while
we were whisked off again because apparently the event was not being organised
well enough.
On the way back to the house we stopped while Rami met up
and chatted with all his mates by the Nile where the river had burst its
banks. There were several children
swimming in the river and we were all envious and wanted to jump in. However I was warned by my practice nurse to
stay away from all water in Africa hahaha so I didn’t even dip my toes in.
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