Tales of Tyre-racing, Makis and M'zungus.

28 octobre 2013

Dipé Chaoula

A restaurant menu in Mamoudzou's main shopping street. Kebab Today's Special Panini Sandwich Salad Hamberger (complete with spelling mistake) Round Thing Find the odd one out. (And no, the restaurant was closed, so we didn't get to taste it).

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28 octobre 2013

Wedding Dances

Last Saturday, something rather exceptional happened. The Blue Mango, my music group, is followed around by the Dancing Lizards, who are a group of folk dancers who come to all our concerts to dance. One of these dancers is a Comorian lad called Halidi,...

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Tags: mayotte, food, rice, blue, accordion, guitar, music, mango, pilao, flowers, dance, wedding, violin, jasmine, bride, groom, meat, necklace, salad, samoussa

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21 octobre 2013

Milatsika

P arrived last week, which is the main reason why there was no blog post last Monday. I got the Blue Mango to wake up early and three of us came to fetch him at the airport, flower necklace in hand and instruments out. We certainly amused the people who...

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Tags: mayotte, guitar, music, del, percussion, singer, abdallah, abou, blues, chiconi, comoros, festival, mauritius, milatsika, musician, tritonik

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7 octobre 2013

Those who can, cook. Those who can't, eat.

I've been teaching my students about food recently, as you saw in the recent blog post about the European classes. They love learning the English words for their local fruit and vegetables: cassava, breadfruit, chicken wings... they're shouting over each...

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Tags: mayotte, banana, breadfruit, food, tomato, class, school, lesson, pasta, vanilla, yoghurt, hungry, cinnamon, courgette, healthy food, junk food, local, muffin, sausage, shepherd's pie

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