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

9 juin 2014

Another one bites the dust

Another one bites the dust
Each village in Mayotte has its own football club. Some of the most famous are the Mtsamboro Bees, the Mzouazia Twins, the Rosador of Passamaïnty and the Southern Miracle. And without fail, during the dry season, all matches are played amid clouds of...
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2 juin 2014

Wenka

Wenka
I'm currently writing a lesson plan on graffiti and street art, the idea being to teach the kids what the point of each is and how to tell the difference. As there are a lot of tags here, I wanted to start off with pictures of graffiti around their home...
29 mai 2014

Super-Car

Super-Car
There are lots of cars in Mayotte, many more than the roads can provide for in terms of capacity and maintenance. But one is above all. One car to rule them all. One car to find them. One car to bring them all and in the potholes bind them. In the land...
26 mai 2014

Kids

Kids
Adults in Mayotte don't really like the camera lens. There is a belief that being photographed removes a part of your soul, but it's usually closer to not liking white tourists taking photos of "locals" doing "local things". Which is fair enough and perfectly...
19 mai 2014

Repoblikan'i Madagasikara : a visiting vazaha.

Repoblikan'i Madagasikara : a visiting vazaha.
Just spent a week in Madagascar, and absolutely fell in love with the place. It's beautiful. It started off with a rather strange idea of going to Antsiranana - more pronounceably known as Diego Suarez - to learn to kitesurf. One of those all-inclusive...
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12 mai 2014

There haven't been any underwater photos for a while.

There haven't been any underwater photos for a while.
On Easter Sunday, I went out on a boat trip with the Bretons of Mayotte association. Dragged a friend along, too, and there also happened to be a couple of folk dancers on the same boat. We went to the north of Mayotte to look for dolphins and possibly...
8 mai 2014

Salouva Deba

Salouva Deba
Most Mahorese women dress in a salouva, which is a big cotton tube knotted around the chest and which falls down to the feet. Underneath the salouva, they usually wear a sparkly t-shirt, or one with artistically cut-out pieces made to resemble flowers...
5 mai 2014

Carnival Week-End II : A Colourful Parade

Carnival Week-End II : A Colourful Parade
The carnival in commemoration of Slavery Abolition Day continued on the Sunday as well. First of all, I wanted to show you the diversity of musical instruments. In case you're wondering, the most prized instrument here is an old washing-machine drum....
28 avril 2014

Carnival Week-End I : A Motivated Zebu

Carnival Week-End I : A Motivated Zebu
Sunday 27th April is Slavery Abolition Day in Mayotte. This is usually commemorated by a carnival, comprising various dances, an exhibition of some sort at the Tourist Office and possibly another event. On Saturday, something was planned to start at half...
21 avril 2014

Strange food they have here.

Strange food they have here.
These are banana flowers. They grow on the ends of big banana bunches like below. You have a hundred or so bananas spiralling downwards, and a big purple flower on the end. Lots of people eat yellow bananas. Here, green bananas are a vegetable like any...
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