Tabaski in Loudia

Marie

Hanging with Marie's family in her back yard

Marie's friend and her new baby

Neighbors cooking up muton in sauce

Fried sheep liver in sauce.  I don't like liver but this stuff was great!

Marie and I will neighbors

Marie's Grandmother, Tina and I

Marie' Uncle, Tina, and I

Yumm, meat off the bone

Mmmm, cous cous

The first dinner

The second dinner at Marie's house

Now, we are really stuffed!

The red satin heart bed is the spot to be

The little girls in Loudia are about to go door to door to collect candy or rice a holiday tradition

Baby Astou at the Manet's house

The ladies at the Manet's house

Fanta Manet in yellow with relatives and friends

A couple of weeks ago, Kristina and I were invited to come to visit our friend Marie in Loudia for Tabaski, a Muslim holiday. She is a student at the Lycee (the French version of High School) that's next to the Missionary Training Center.  She lives in our neighborhood during the week to go to school and walks home to her village on the weekends.   On Tabaski, Muslims in Senegal slaughter sheep at their houses and eat muton.  It was great to get to know Marie , her family, and her friends.  After we walked back to Oussouye that evening, we went to visit our neighbors, the Manet's.