Thursday, 12 March 2009

One night in Helekpe

I took advantage of my stay in Ho over several days to spend one night in a villages of the region called Adaklu-Helekpe (see also post of Feb-09 on this blog).
African women can be very creative with their hair style!


In front of my palace:


On the main avenue of the place:


Happy man preparing the banku, a paste eaten with soup, fish meat... The paste is based on grated corn and is somewhat... How should I say... Stuffing!


A few feet away, this villager is cooking fishes:


These coloquint fruits are used to make cups once emptied of their content and dried: their bowl shape is pretty useful!


Here is a palm nuts trader, who sells her production to make oil.


A couple of groceries... Not all organised!



And a food seller:


The alcohol drinking place of the village:


A charcoal seller:


And a bee wax producer's stock. It is used to prepare batik clothes among other things:


A water tank:


And the bush meat seller of the village showing a piece of grass-cutter (agouti in French):


Inside the freezer, where one should never take a look...:


Some fried lizards paws:


And a couple of wild animals dried skins...


Amazing all what you can see in one night in a village no?

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