As Brook's and my last farewell to Peace Corps/Tamba, we hosted a Scavenger Hunt with the following items:
One black plastic bag with any type of white writing on it
One talibe tomato can (used)
One fabric strip showing any type of animal on it
One broken sandal (any type)
One green or pink plastic button
One kids pair or shorts or shirt (used)
One bird feather (no goose feather allowed!)
Few strands of discarded hair weave
One eaten and discarded corn cob
One empty gunpowder tea box
One mango leaf
One discarded 1,000 phone card
One discarded 2,500 phone card
One discarded 5,000 phone card
One broken or piece of horseshoe
One ‘dankx’
One discarded razor blade
One Madonna sticker
One Tiger-brand discarded battery (any size)
One Soleil paper (dated today)
BONUS: One horn or hoof of animal (any)
There were three teams of 4-5 people a piece and Team #2 (second to the last photo) were the Grand Prize Winners. After the hunt, we sat down to a huge pile of my famous Buttermilk Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and bisquits. That and two cases of beer. :)
We held two contests after lunch. One of which was to tell about and/or show the best English-speaking t-shirt they got second hand in Senegal. A "Cub fan, Bud man" T-shirt worn by Mike Wilcox was the winner. After this, people told their favorite 'african' story. The winner was a guy named Greg, whom I affectionately call "Monkey boy" for his winning story about the time he went to the market and bought a monkey head for a friend's birthday.
It was a good day. We're going to hold a Senegalese version of this party this upcoming Saturday for our close Senegalese friends. Without the contests and the beer of course. Will probably be less invigorating but we dont' want to freak anyone out!
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