The village

This is a middle class village because they have "assets" such as livestock, some crops and even a small town center. Most of the people living here are cousins (in the loose sense of the word), and we were told that there are Christians, Muslims and Hindu people all living in this area (though maybe not this specific village). Few of the people spoke English but they were all very courteous and friendly as we toured their village.




Two women playing a dice based board game between two shelters. Some buildings were tin, others brick and some concrete.


This is cow dung left out to dry. They use it for fuel.


Just about the cutest kids I've seen. These ones are posing for a picture from a blond woman (very exotic here!) and giggle uncontrollably when they see the picture on her display screen.


Me beside a squash crop. Because the rain is so violent here, crops that usually grow on the ground will rot. Contraptions like this one are used to grow such crops by letting them hang off the ground.



There landscape is soaked and the village land is about 4 feet higher than the drenched plains that surround it.