Ngente Pictures part 2

Now it is time for us to start to get ready!!! We each had 2 different outfits for the day.

Pape is ready.... and being silly with his "piggy face"

I take my own picture in the mirror, but without my Grand Boo-Boo

Lisa is getting her make-up on in the bathroom....I like it!!! (Yes, I grew-up in the 80's!)

Mariama is waiting to get dressed.

I just told her that she was as beautiful as her mother

Ngente Pictures part 1

The neighborhood ladies are preparing the food the day before

They worked all day to get the food ready!!

They cut and pealed EVERYTHING by hand...it was a LOT of work!

The morning of the ngente, they started back where they left off. This is our househelper, Odet, helping on the left.

Another neighbor hand peeled and cut several pounds of cucumbers.

This is the man that does the call to prayers at the local mosque. They are the ones who do the big cooking for events like this.

My first audio post....with help from William!!