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30 décembre 2013

Sleeping Bouéni

Sleeping Bouéni

In England or France, shopkeepers and shop assistants are always on their toes. And on yours, half of the time. They're always alert, they're always looking for something to offer you to make you stay a little longer and buy something else. They'll say...

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, shop, bouéni, market, sleep, customer, douka, service

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23 décembre 2013

Going Swimming At School

The rainy season in in full flow now. This is a short video taken by one of my colleagues at school, a day when 9.2mm of rain fell in two hours accompanied by a pounding thunderstorm that made the headmistress decide to cut off the school's electricity...

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Tags: water, kawéni, pupils, school, rain, students, rainy season, swimming, pool

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16 décembre 2013

Idiots

I read an article the other day which began like this : "When you’re driving, everybody else on the road is an idiot and it’s your job to watch out". In Mayotte, driving is more than just a daily occurrence aiming to get a person from point A to point...

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Tags: mayotte, car, road, driving, idiot

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9 décembre 2013

Notre Dame de Fatima

Notre Dame de Fatima

The last big classical concert we had in Mayotte was with the Nomad Baroque group who had come for a few days to play. They had invited the music school classical orchestra as well as several other musicians to play with them, including me. This time,...

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Tags: school, guitar, music, recorder, concert, classical, clarinet, organ, piano

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2 décembre 2013

On the Art of Little Pots

On the Art of Little Pots

In Mayotte, one of the most useful things you can buy in the local supermarket is a Tupperware (or similar) container. Here, the brand is Eda, so they're Eda containers. They come in all shapes and sizes and are absolutely wonderful. The reason for this...

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Tags: food, rice, supermarket, pasta, sugar, cockroach, flour, fridge, insect, spices, tupperware, weevil

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