Tabaski

Here are pictures from Tabaski. Basically it's a holiday where you get to kill, prep and eat lots and lots of meat. God what I wouldn't have given for some bar-b-que sauce. I got to celebrate the first day (slaughter day) twice because it started in a different day on the second village I went to. So yay for me. Since I'm unfortunately an infidel I couldn't actually slaughter any sheep myself but I was able to help skin them and butcher them which was pretty great. Pretty sure I could dress a carcass on my own now. Maybe I'll take up hunting when I get back to the states... although I've only shot one animal in my life and it was with a BB Gun.. and it was a rat... and it was a mother and I cried a little bit and almost threw up because of what I did... I was like tweleve. But I don't feel so bad if I know I'm actually going to be processing and eating the meat myself. Better than what they do to them at the farms right? Anyways... I guess just enjoy the photo's!... oh yeah, I also got renamed again and now I actually have a family that I can communicate with and no sisters trying to molest me! My new name is Alioune Niang and I am a Walla Walla Wolof. Pretty sweet right?