Village Christmas celebrations and December holiday events

Hallie made it home safe a few weeks before Christmas and we got back to the village.  A few times a year they have what is called a thanksgiving day, where everyone brings produce from their gardens to sell as a village fundraiser.  We love these days because they finally mean fresh produce for us!

Waiting with Alice and Lala for the sale to start.

Some of the little claimed piles of produce.

This family bought a live chicken, among other produce.

   

Men chatting after the sale.

At Christmas the past few years, some of the men have organized activities for the village.  This year it involved mostly what they call skits, but are more like choreography to music.  Gwen practiced for weeks for these with her friends and was in loads of them.

Lala, one of my main language helpers, convinced some of the ladies to do some too and they dressed up like this for it.  

Our last Christmas here, in 2015, there were loads of kids games, but this year they just did a blindfold candy game.

The grounds were all decorated with leaves for the day

I tried for ages to get this guy to hold still for me and he never would!  He's a cutie though.