Not Just One But TWO Celebrations!

Wow! How the rest of the summer flew by and now it is only November! I apologize I never wrote a good, reflective piece recounting the rest of my summer. Now the summer is long gone and I am returned home in the cold United States. My hometown is in Pennsylvania but I am currently located in Athens, Ohio, where I am attending Ohio University to study for a masters in International Development Studies. Ohio University's mascot is the Bobcat, which is pictured below.

My time in Senegal was winding down by the end of July, when I last posted. The last few weeks of my time in Dakar flew by quickly! The end of July marked the end of the Ramadan time of fasting for Muslims. We then celebrated Korite, which marked a time of busy tailors and jammed-packed markets. It is all worth it though because the holiday is an excuse to dress up in nice, new clothes and show them off to your family and friends. I had a beautiful new pink and blue, ornately decorated taille-basse for the holiday.

The holiday of Korite was celebrated on a Tuesday and I not only had one celebration that week but two! I had three new boubous made for one week! The Saturday, I tied the knot with my finacé of two years, Samba Drame. I had my hair done up nicely and had two beautiful dresses to sport for the day.

This was my second dress of the day, a beautiful white traditional dress made for me by my amazing brother-in-law, Ibreau Mbow. It was not only a beautiful day shared by many family and friends but my Zidisha friends were able to spend the day with me as well! Below is the picture is me, Erin Eagan, and Miriam Frost, three Zidisha Client Relationship Mangers in Dakar during summer 2014.