Last week was a great time of chillaxing in Burkina Faso!
Burkina Drone Shots
We’ve been vacationing in southwestern Burkina Faso this past week and I brought my drone along. Here are some aerial views of the sites we saw.
Eid al-Adha 2017
Eid al-Adha is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated globally. It comes a couple months after Eid al-Fitr which I previously wrote about. Just like on that holiday, Nalerigu’s muslims gather in the field on the east side of town and pray together. Here are some images of the gathering and some of our […]
Best Backyard Ever?
Above is a shot of our “backyard” – the open fields to the east of our house. Below is a drone shot looking south of our house. You can see the small school house just to the right of us and farther back in the distance is “Alafɛa Fɔŋŋu” where tuberculosis patients reside during their […]
Mɔkyeeriba or The Chief’s Horse Grass Cutters
Mɔkyeeriba means “grass cutters” in Mampruli and is a slang term for young men who are eligible for chieftaincy. The label comes from the fact that chiefs used to send their young sons and grandsons out every day to cut grass for their horses. Very few chiefs own horses these days, but the paramount chief […]
A Tour of Nalerigu’s Market with Heidi
Watch a video in which Heidi takes you around our local market and explore a photo gallery of images from market day.