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8 mai 2014

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...

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Tags: mayotte, kishali, mbiwi, salouva, music, traditional, dance, sing, stick, deba, prophet, rhythm

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2 août 2012

M'biwi Contest II : been there, done that, the t-shirt didn't fit.

Thought you might be interested in seeing what the m'biwi contest was actually like. Quite impressive actually. M'biwi contest

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, girl, mbiwi, music, dance, contest

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9 juillet 2012

M'biwi Contest

On a Sunday at the end of last month, there was the 2nd M'biwi Contest. M'biwi is a ceremony which is generally practised during weddings or other big occasions. It's a women's ceremony. They sit on the floor and bang two pieces of bamboo together to...

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Tags: mayotte, ceremony, girl, mbiwi, salouva, women, traditional, dance, contest, sing, wedding

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11 décembre 2011

Christmas Market - R.I.P.

Christmas Market - R.I.P.

Two hours later, I went to the driving school for two hours of motorbike lessons. It had already started drizzling, so the monitor told two of us that we had better come back another day as the rain looked like holding. It's OK to learn to drive in the...

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Tags: mbiwi, water, mzungu, lesson, motorbike, rain, christmas, market

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25 septembre 2011

Dress codes

At the airport The traditional dress here is called a salouva, and they have a turban on their head, known as a kishali, often just worn as a scarf over the head. It’s all very colourful, though probably not terribly practical. Salouvas are made from...

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Tags: mayotte, airport, ceremony, clothes, dress, girl, heat, kishali, ladies, mbiwi, salouva, scarf, skirt, t-shirt, women, wrap

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