After Sam and his brother came home from church, we ate a breakfast of rice balls. The soup was too spicy for me so I did not eat a lot. The meat in the soup was too tough for me to chew, so I passed on that too. I'm quickly learning to eat only fish and chicken. Most of the meat is too tough and chewy for me to tolerate.
Then, we drove to Sam's dad's and stepmom's house for their birthday party. It was fun. It wasn't very elaborate, but I'm learning that any ceremony here must have a chairman and an MC. Also, all ceremonies start and end in prayer. There was of course dancing! Ghanaians love to dance! I took a video of all the little kids dancing the azonto. It is the latest dance craze in Ghana. There are youtube videos of it so check it out!! Also, they had a cake cutting ceremony. I was included in it! They are so welcoming to me. I'm just this random white girl, but I must be included in the most important part of the ceremony. Makes me love this country!!!
I spent most of the evening hanging out with the little kids. As soon as I took one photo of them they wanted me to take more! Then I couldn't get rid of them. Haha! They were trying to teach me tre, the language of the central region. I'm a slow learner when it comes to languages so I don't think I remember anything they told me.
Overall, it was a fun day! Anytime we drive anywhere in Accra it takes at least an hour so I was ready to get back to Sam's brother's house to sleep! My throat is only scratchy this morning! I think I'm feeling better!!!
More cultural differences:
- If you want to get someone's attention, you hiss at them
- You wave your hand side to side to say bye, if you wave your hand by bending your fingers up and down you are signaling someone to come to you (I always wave the second way so now I know why kids always walk up to me after I wave to them. They thought I was signaling them. Oops!)
Love, Kari
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