Tuesday 1st November 2011
Next week is Tabaski., the Muslim world’s most important
religious festival. It’s also called
"Festival
of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" to commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God...before God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.
On Monday morning after morning prayers
approximately 50 million sheep will have their throats cut across the Muslim world and a great feast
will begin. We have two such sheep in our garden. They are being well looked
after by our land-lady and washed daily in preparation of their death. Beni
likes them dearly and unfortunately for the sheep, he is not making their last week in this
world be a stress free one....
We have been invited by a Senegalese
friend to join him and his family for the important event. I am looking forward
to it immensely.
Meanwhile, we have been marooned at home while new brake disks and pads are sent via DHL from Blighty. We thought all was going swimmingly until we received a text saying the package was clearing customs in Cincinnati, USA. Even though we had written St Louis Du Senegal many times.....Dastardly news as we really do have places to toddle off to in the Rolls. The disk brakes have since been to Leipzig, Brussels and Paris where they almost, went to Cincinnati again!!! Do these people not have a map! Thankfully it is now en route to Dakar... now just the local customs to clear!
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| Chez Nous.... bottom photo is the view from the balcon |
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| Carruthers showing his many talents..... |
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| Tabaski preparation.... top right is a billboard in Dakar |
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| Rave lives in Senegal |
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