Day Two Hundred and Twelve - Cassava Dance


This dance celebrates the process of making cassava, which is a long, tiring process. Part of the actual process was shown on Day 203. Here, the dance has moved on past the peeling, past the grating, past the squeezing in special woven tubes, past the drying, past the frying, and (I think) onto the eating!

4 comments:

  1. estherOctober 9, 2009 at 5:32 PM

    is their costume made of the cassava plant?

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  2. WinstonOctober 10, 2009 at 5:07 AM

    do they have cassava legs!

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  3. WinstonOctober 10, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    More seriously... This one is amazing. The lighting and the pot at the front emphasises the ritual aspect of the dance. Simply magnificent. Win

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  4. The PhotographerOctober 10, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    I think (but I'm not sure) that the costume is Ite leaf, but I'll have to check that one out...

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