What an incredible cultural experience I had today. Liz, Ginny and I learned how to make
brooms.
Acela and Alba took us deep into their field.
Ginny got a little ride when the weeds got tall.
They showed us the type of weeds we needed to pick – dry ones
with lots of branches.
Next, we chopped down the
broom handles. We tried our hand at
whittling it with a machete, but as you can see from the picture, Alba just
laughed at our attempt!
Alba attached the weeds we collected to the handles we whittled
with a rag.
And viola! A broom!
We walked for 2 hours!
And then we picked mandioca.
As the sun was
setting, we went back to their house, sipped terere and hung out with their
family. What fun memories!
2 comments:
These are the kinds of days I just ADORE here!!! What fun!
Sounds neat! The WOTH Retreat sounded amazing. So glad you got to go. You need that pampering and encouragement. Lauren and Alexis and I got together for the weekend. We missed ya!
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