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A Walk on the Wild Side – Chapter 7
What should I wear? she asked Tina, worry furrowing her brow. I dont have a gift for them either!
Tina laughed. Wear what you are comfortable in she said, and dont worry about a gift, You are invited to help celebrate, not to bring gifts.”
And that is how Bette found herself in the village centre, with Ali as their guide, swimming in an almost overwhelming ocean of colour and sound. A unique blend of Arabic and African styles, blared tinnily from a portable tape player. Laughter and shouting punctuated the music, and every so often a baby would start wailing, only to be hushed and rocked into silence by her mother.
“Karibu marafiki!” Welcome my friends! The groom’s father walked over to the girls, his arms spread wide. His son followed him. He could not have been more than twenty years old.
Ali informed us that the bride was still sleeping; the seventeen-year-old woman was recuperating from the previous night’s festivities.
The entire village population – at least 150 – was gathered on the dirt clearing between two houses. The women were wrapped in kangas, brightly red coloured wraps with Swahili proverbs printed on them. They wrapped one cloth around their waists, and wore the other as a veil, a head wrap, or a baby sling.
Tina translated the proverbs on the kangas for Bette:
“Do not envy your neighbour”
“Lucky is she who is surrounded by friends”
“It is a blessing to be married”
The women danced in a tight circle, close enough to be touching, swaying their hips, laughing and throwing their hands in the air.
The men danced in another circle, waving fistfuls of money.
”They are telling the women that they are worthy of marriage,” Tina told Bette with a grin. Bette watched the human circles turn in opposite directions, the rhythmic movements creating a constantly changing kaleidoscope of colour and texture.
As they danced, the women held out their hands to Bette. “Njoo, dada!” they shouted. “Come, sister!” Bette shook her head shyly and backed away, too unsure of herself to attempt to dance to the unfamiliar beats and rhythms of their music.
They heckled her good-naturedly, laughing and shaking their heads at her cowardice.
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(62 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)
TB that was such a beautiful chapter.
Thank you.
K
Wonderful chapter. Sounds like they had a lot of fun. Can’t wait for more.
TB I forgive you for leaving us hanging, cause this chapter KICKS ASS!!! what great detail, so was tina attacked by a lion. and I know you will get to this, but dose she dart the cats and then paint them and then take pictures?? or does she just take pictures of them?? Or am I not even close to what she does. And that is way freaky about the scar, so we are like scar twins LOL. can’t wait for your next update.
asante sana
Megga- Very best friends huh? Hmmm. . .haha! I love this story! Please post again soon!
Great chapter! I wouldn’t like that kind of honeymoon.
Wow that’s nice and let see what’s next. Post soon, thanks!
“Mzuri Sana” Very good woman……more really,really soon
Oh wow. Thank you. This chapter just has me so overwhelmed. Thank you so much for making me feel as if I were actually there with them. I’ve never been outside the U.S. until today. Thank you for the trip. I really had a great time.
Great story! Post soon!
This is a wonderfully told story…it feels like I am curled up with a very good book! I had a silly grin on my face throughout the chapter…thank you for sharing this with us!!
seriously?? they consummate their wedding while being watched by the elders?? phew.. talking bout performance anxiety!! LOL
btw, great chapter!
Wow !!! That was awesome mate :)) . I loved the beautiful country picture u painted for me . Thank you for that :D .
“Here’s to best friends†:D woohoo !!! *cheers*
keep up the good work and pls continue writing this wonderful story . and pls pls post sooooooon . i can’t wait to read what happens next . pretty plsss ;)) .
Gazillion stars to u all the wayyyyyy !!!
Thanx :D
(p.s hahaha… opps , i really did write a big comment didn’t i ? LOL ;)). That just means that i love ur story very muchh !!! :D
hahaa
Great storytelling!
Thanks for posting another chapter!
The dreaded “best friend” line. You have such a wonderful grace in your writing. Well conceived. Thank you.
nice an slow hurry up already