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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Last minute project


I have only two months left here in Namibia.
It was originally supposed to be three but due
to a visa issue I have to leave a month earlier.
Even though it is only a change of a month it
makes things a little more intense. It is always
the way that when you leave, people are just at
the point of getting animated. Right now I am
pretty busy doing all the little things. Just kind of
taking care of all the details.

In the picture you can see a sketch that David,
the leader of the Young San Cultural Group made.
It is a traditional San (Khwe) homestead. It is
called a dwjara (don't know how to write it but it
is pronounced that way). We started making one
about a year or so ago but it didn't get to be what
you see in the picture.

We always talked about making a cultural center
and the original idea was kind of like a brick type
building as the center. Instead we decided to make
the dwjara as the cultural center. kind of makes sense
and if it goes well, visitors will be able to spend the
night sleeping in a traditional hut.
I am hoping that it can be completed before I have to
leave. It would be a great thing for me to be part
of it and see what a real one looks like.
It would be just like the period at the end of a sentence
... it would end my time here the right way.



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