All of these pcitures are from the Ngobe village of Nutivi where a group of EH (environmental health) trainees had our culture week. The week consisted of Ngobe (pronounced No bae) language clases in the morning and classes about culture in the afternoon. We also built a rainwater collection system for the school and taught a charla, I did handwashing to 2nd grade.
It was a little hard dealing with their culture. They do not talk much unless they are talked to so comunication is a little bit taxing. Everyone speaks spanish and are very freindly besides that. To get there we needed to take a 4 hour boat ride across the bay and up a river. The river was a little bit hairy at times and we needed to get out and walk a bit. It kinda reminded me of the Saco but more rocky, and fast and with indengionous people living on it.
A quick rundown of the pictures. There first pic in the upper left is of volley ball game. They have nightly games and are really good despite the fact that I am taller than the vast majority of people. The gringos lost but put up a good fight. The next is a huge bamboo tree, it was just so big it deserved a picture. Bamboo good for tons of things from building pull up bars to houses. The next pic is just one more from when I was painted, its old. Lastly there was a beutiful river we all got to go swimming in. We jumped out of a tree into the river and also used scuba masks to search for shrimp. In the backround you can see the mountains and a vilage up on the hillside.
Es todo, next week is tech week where I learn to build composting latrines bien pretty.
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