Reaching the upper West corner of the country, I entered the Upper West Region. The border with Burkina Faso is materialised by the Black Volta which flows in a North-South direction and over that border, there is a small tribe called the Lobi which is settled. I visited one of their villages, called Tellewana, located 2/3 km from the river-border.
Inside the house, the beautiful pots keeping the water fresh.
The kitchen...
And the shrine, where regular poultry sacrifices happen.
My guide Mamouna and I on top of a Lobi house:
A hen enjoying the warmth of the day with her eggs:
And girls carrying water on their head (unbelievable sense of balance, unbelievable capacity to carry heavy weight on their head!)
Here is a sorghum storage of a farmer: four section, one for each of his wives!
A Lobi house:
The wedding ground: each man is planting a stick after being married. Each ring symbolises a wife. This man who just planted his stick has therefore three wives. Lobi people are muslims and animists and happily blend both believes:
Inside the house, the beautiful pots keeping the water fresh.
The kitchen...
And the shrine, where regular poultry sacrifices happen.
My guide Mamouna and I on top of a Lobi house:
A hen enjoying the warmth of the day with her eggs:
And girls carrying water on their head (unbelievable sense of balance, unbelievable capacity to carry heavy weight on their head!)
Here is a sorghum storage of a farmer: four section, one for each of his wives!
A Lobi house:
The wedding ground: each man is planting a stick after being married. Each ring symbolises a wife. This man who just planted his stick has therefore three wives. Lobi people are muslims and animists and happily blend both believes:
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