Last Thursday was Nyerere Day. Julius Nyerere was the first president of Tanzania, serving from 1964 until 1985. He was and is still well-loved by the people here. He was a teacher by profession and so that is what the country called him; not Mr. President, but Teacher. In honor of his life and service to Tanzania, October 14th is a holiday.
To celebrate this holiday Brett and I went to a traditional music and dance performance. The Sukuma are known throughout Tanzania for their drumming and dancing, particularly with snakes, though thankfully they left them at home last week. The dancing was really good, much different than what you see driving by the discos here. I'm sure you would love to see pictures of this event, but as I forgot my camera, you will just have to imagine the long grass and feathery skirts worn by all.
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Too bad you forgot your camera. We would love to see a photo of that--unless they had brought their snakes. I hate snakes!
ReplyDeleteSounds neat. Hope to see more pictures soon.
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