"Eid Mubarak" - - - Festival of Fast-Breaking

Eid is some what like New Year for the Islamic community. It is the celebration at the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.

It turned out to be quite exciting as we were invited to two different Eid parties at the same time, and since I didn't have the numbers saved in my phone I agreed to both as I thought they were the same person.

Only when we finally arrived and got a call from the other person that was waiting for us, did I realize my mistake. I was between laughter and tears on our long drive back to our original place of destination. We spent about three hours driving around, trying to find their home and only two hours celebrating with them, but it was fun!

Living here I find there are so many more festivals, celebrations and new years, you're welcome to come and enjoy them with me!

Tanzanian weddings!

One of our friends recently got married and invited us to the wedding. A lot of dancing takes place as everyone goes up to congratulate the couple or give a speech, dances their way up to the platform.

When there is dancing and music, everyone joins in and they are all given white handkerchiefs to wave. We also danced our way up to the platform while presenting our gift. It was a lot of fun!

Traditionally they have two weddings, one for the girl, which is called a "send off", where her parents give her to a new family. The other wedding is for the man and all of his family, though most people don't go to both the "send off" and the wedding reception.

So if you ever want to have a double wedding, this is the place to come!