Hey everyone,
Yesterday we had a cooking class with three Haitian women. Everyday we are going to make some different type of food with them. Yesterday we made national rice, which is a bean and rice dish.We struggled to communicate with our meager french and non-existent creole, but somehow managed to laugh a lot and get things accomplished. While we waited for our food to be done we did some sewing on the treadle machines with the women. One woman was better than we are on the treadle! They made small pillows for their children and seemed very pleased. Later we all ate the rice for lunch and it was very tasty. Then after lunch we took a steep walk up to zombie mountain. At the top of the mountain we could see a beautiful view of all of port du prince and a panorama of mountain tops. Once we came down we went to a prayer ceremony with the village people. They sang and danced and after a while we started to dance with them. They were very friendly and welcoming and we had a great time. The men used big plastic garbage cans that looked a bit like congas for drums, and kept up an infectious rhythm. The villagers even walked us back up to the Curelley's house dancing the whole time. Today we invited all of them to come up to the house to do some sewing. Today should be another fun and exhausting day.
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