Naming cermonies galore! This one was the child of Seedy's niece. It was a more elaborate occasion than the previous one. Complete with many gifts bought by the relatives, fabrics, baby clothes, rice etc. It even had a compare (here called a griot) who was doing a rather good job of getting everyone to part with their money. He even did a translation in English especially for us.

Prayers were said collectively with all the men sitting on mats together and then exchanging cola nuts.

There was food, food and more food. Then music and dancing into the night. We managed to escape before anyone dragged us to the dance arena. Phew!

We should perhaps have left before though as this was one of Ellie's first outings on the bike. The village of Sankwia was only ten minutes away but the road resembles a scrambling course so doing it in the dark was quite a scary initiation. I did lose ellie when she came unstuck in a rather deep crevasse at one point but she eventually emerged.