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| Another visit to a colleague's home. A man overlooking the work of his hands, his boma. He is particularly proud of turning land that was hardpan into a place with many trees over the course of the last 8 years. |
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| Sharing tea and chapati for Sat. breakfast |
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| The Olngarooj tree |
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| And there was dramatic story telling...After I told one of my favorites, an old one about a race between Hare and Tortoise, she was inspired and gave her six year old rendition of an African animal tale. |
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| Amos, Esther and family, plus boy cousin |
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| Another special memory/memento that won't fit in our boxes to come home, but we'll carry home in our hearts and minds |
Why did you call it "the Olngarooj tree"? Is it a special kind? A landmark?
ReplyDeleteMaasai places are often called after a tree that can be found in that place or the color of the dirt or the configuration of the bush. Olgarooj is the name of that type of tree. Said (olng-a-rohj). Often the nouns singular change drastically and from what I can tell irregularly in their plural form. In this case, however, Olngarooj is singular and Ilngarooj is plural. I made a mistake in the title of this post because it should have been the plural form beginning with I instead of O. The Ol and the IL at the beginning of the words are the articles, essentially meaning "the".
ReplyDeleteCool, got it. And that guy should be proud of his garden spot. Represents so much hard work. Amazing.
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