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

22 juillet 2013

The Blue Mango Strikes Again

On Friday, the musicians had a party at one musician's house including all musicians and dancers. I think everyone had a good time, there was certainly a lot of dancing going on. On Saturday, we planted ourselves in the middle of the monthly farmer's...

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Tags: mayotte, beach, blue, accordion, flute, guitar, music, recorder, mango, violin, sakouli, rehearsal

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15 juillet 2013

Tsumu n'djema wa aïd m'baraka

Ramadan started last Wednesday. People started rushing into various markets and supermarkets to buy the necessary food for the feast before the fast. In Mayotte, celebratory foods include mabawas (chicken wings), green bananas, cassava, breadfruit, goat...

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Tags: mayotte, salouva, sea, culture, ramadan, allah, evil eye, faith, highway code, mubarak, muslim, purification, rite, ritual, spirit

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8 juillet 2013

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Rules for the Tyre Race. Wear the official Tyre Race t-shirt while racing. Collect one number sign per team the week before the race. This number sign will be necessary to collect the remaining number signs for each team. Without the first number sign,...

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Tags: mayotte, tyres, bretons, friend, race, run, tyre racing, soap, 30, cavani, edition, practise, stadium, stick

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1 juillet 2013

Practising for the Grand Tyre Race

About two weeks ago, the lady in charge of the Bretons of Mayotte Association sent a collective e-mail out, asking for people to become "ambassadors" for the tyre race which was to take place on the 29th of June. I responded, asking what would be involved,...

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Tags: mayotte, tyres, bretons, friend, race, run, tyre racing, soap, 30, cavani, edition, practise, stadium, stick

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24 juin 2013

Dramatic

For the last six months, three colleagues and I have been doing a drama workshop with the kids at school. I filed it as a "school project" at the end of last year, so the Vice-Rectorate (high education authority) gave the school a grant of seven hundred...

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Tags: mayotte, pupils, school, beach, english, market, french, kids, culture, drama, history, polygamy, props, stage, violence

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17 juin 2013

Starry Skies

On the 1st of June, the Mayotte Astronomy club organised its annual Sun and Star Party. They invited the local schools to make and show models and exhibitions about space, they hung up big colourful balls, they had posters up about light pollution or...

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Tags: mayotte, sun, hemisphere, southern, star, australis, borealis, centaur, chart, constellation, corona, crux, mtsangabeach, night, saturn, scorpius

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10 juin 2013

Manta rays and Mangroves

Last Sunday, I went on a boat trip with the Association of Bretons of Mayotte. They're the ones I play music with, they organize an activity every month so I try to go along when I can to get out of the house and to talk with people over four feet tall...

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Tags: yellow, pretty, white, beautiful, coral, fish, reef, beach, boat, sand, mangrove, tree, mac, manta, ray, zodiac

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3 juin 2013

Mahoraid

On Pentecost week-end, like last year, all of the sailing boats in Mayotte who wished could embark on a tour of the island. My musician friend Franck, who owns and lives on a sailing boat, wished. He took a few of his friends and me on his boat with him,...

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Tags: island, food, fish, boat, sea, tour, race, 2013, drink, mahoraid, barracuda

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1 juin 2013

Bigfruit

I just thought I'd show you the rather large papaya I bought at the market in Coconi this morning. It measures 42 cm, the size of a smallish baby, and it's about the same weight at 3.3kg. It's not ripe yet, but you're welcome to come and share it in a...

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Tags: mayotte, fruit, papaya, emily, market, big, coconi

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27 mai 2013

Don't talk rubbish. Please.

Discussion with my computer students about statistics. "When we say 'Sales have picked up', what does that mean? Are sales going up or down?" "Miss, 'pick up' means 'ramasser' in French." "Right, and when we pick something up, what do we do with it?"...

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Tags: bin, students, up, computer, pick, discussion, sales, statistics

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