hey mzungu take my picture!

Yesterday was amazing. We got to go out to this village and as soon as we arrived there was a huge group of women there chanting and singing. They pulled us out of the van/ taxi all 16 of us had been crammed into one by one. They were just so excited to see us! They had some songs and even a skit prepared for us to watch. It was one of the best experiences of my life. I can't even describe how cool it was!
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We also traveled around to different villages where people were just as excited to see us and even wanted to dance with us.
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One thing I have noticed here for sure is that they CAN'T say my name... when even I introduced myself they get a real confused look and then just say...ok... what they CAN say is "hey! mzungu take my picture!" loosely translated to "hey white girl, i see you have a ginormous camera and i want to see what i look like in a picture!" Maybe I should just changed my name to mzungu take my picture... it's a much more successful call name... I kid you not every time I walk down  the street someone asks me if I will take a picture of them. I think it is kind of fun and totally makes it easier for me to ask when I actually do want a picture of someone because now I am 90% sure that they secretly really do want me to take one!

Here are some examples of people who have just asked me or insisted that I take their picture- slow internet  makes for not so many pictures...

 These guys were calling over to us for like 5 minutes before I would go over and take their pictures

 This woman was so excited to see my camera and wanted a picture of her daughter

 The kids are always stoked on life- little finger prints all over my lens as they try and grab my camera 

 There is always the shy ones off to the side that won't ask at first but then can't get enough once I take one

 These guys said they were the chiefs of the village and were REAL interested in my taking their picture... they were pretty drunk and had me take pictures of them from all parts of their plots... Luckily Ryan had my back and followed us around the alleyways behind their huts and what not...

 An example of people who just stop me on the street and ask me to take their pictures

This woman was at the village yesterday and was photobombing every picture! She just kept jumping in and then grabbing my picture to see the results!

If you haven't looked at these pictures yet you can take a look at them too https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151732313735417.852733.699820416&type=1