Festivities

While most of you were celebrataing Halloween in the USA, we were also celebrating Halloween in Mozambique, where no one knows what Halloween is, which would explain the extra stares as Janet and I walked to our party dressed as a flower and a tree in our costumes made mostly out of materials gathered from local vegatation. Our fellow trainees exhibited great creativity in assembling costumes from market products and recycled items. Some host siblings also participated in the festivities; they particularly enjoyed the concept of trick-or-treat. Later on we danced the night away at the local ourdoor disco to mostly American music was a few Mozambiquan dances thrown in, which Luc was very bad at executing. It was the first time we stayed up past 10pm, as we usually go to bed soon after dinner at around 9pm! We finished off the weekend fun with a birthday party for one of our colleagues. Her host family threw quite a bash, including a huge buffet, dancing in their yard and a cake, which they cooked somehow without an oven. We´re learning how to ´skake-it´Mozambique-style, with dances such as the ever-popular marrabenta and passada. Admittedly, most of the kids we´ve seen are way better dancers than we could ever dream of. All in all, a wonderful weekend. We love it here in Mozambique!