Party!!

Today our new neighbours had a house blessing party/ceremony. They laid out blankets in the living room, other room (we’re not sure what it is for) and outside in the new “courtyard” that was just completed this week. The men sat outside and the women remained inside. Everyone was sitting or kneeling and then they recited and chanted/sang. During their chanting/singing, the regular call to pray went on so there was quite the cacophony going on here. This went on for a while and then when they were done the men proceeded to the food table and got a plate of food. When they were all done, the women went ahead. Most of the men were wearing sarongs, tunic type shirts and special hats that denote them as muslim. The women were wearing traditional dress and had head coverings on. Later Hugo ventured over there to talk with them, but by then most of the men had already left and the women were busy cleaning up so he got to talk with the kids. The women did ask him how much we were paying to rent our house. We don’t actually know, which they thought was rather strange… It’s probably around or just over two million a month.