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14 juillet 2014

Hiking around Saziley

Sunday was a rather hectic day. First, it was the day two of the musicians from the Blue Mango were leaving Mayotte, one forever, the other for a holiday. The one who was leaving forever hadn't been able to come to our last going-away party and I had...

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Tags: island, mayotte, food, water, black, white, beach, sand, friend, walk, stones, hike, saziley

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7 juillet 2014

HLM

This is a Mahorese multi-storey building. There seems to be just one on the island. I don't think anyone actually lives there: I see it as more of an attraction than anything else, for the following reason. A sign in front explains that photographs cost...

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Tags: mayotte, house, photo, banga, curious

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30 juin 2014

Graffiti in M'Gombani

These are the resulting photos of my graffiti project around M'Gombani, a small village to the south of Mamoudzou. I took photos like these around three villages in total. The idea was to show my kids the difference between artistic graffiti, street art...

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Tags: mayotte, stadium, street, court, art, basketball, degradation, graffiti, seahorse, symbol, tag, vandalism

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9 juin 2014

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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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, play, dust, field, football, game, soccer, sport

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2 juin 2014

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...

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, box, house, kawéni, mzungu, car, photo, village, kids, letter, street, wenka

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29 mai 2014

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...

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Tags: mayotte, car, road, football, decoration, goldys, lord of the rings, om, psg, team

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12 mai 2014

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...

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Tags: mayotte, water, colour, white, coral, fish, reef, beach, blue, boat, sand, sea, bretons, friend, trip, choisil, potato

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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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5 mai 2014

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....

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, music, friend, instruments, hat, make-up, parade, week, washing-machine, abolition, carnival, slavery, accessory, costume, headscarf, oven, tray

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28 avril 2014

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...

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, zebu, mahorese, abolition, carnival, corrida, day, republic, slavery, square

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