Some of our Baka friends put on a Christmas play this year for the village to come and see. It was very simple, but so precious! Here are a few pictures. It was getting dark so the quality of the pictures isn’t the greatest. The first one is of Mary (played by Tendi, and baby Jesus was played by her 3 week old son) before the angel came and appeared to her. She has her mortar and pestle and is making “Jabuka”.
In the next photo you can see (if you look hard enough) the wise men bowing down to baby Jesus and offering him their gifts of cassava leaves, a couple hands of plantains and a live chicken. Mary and Joseph are sitting there under the star of Bethlehem, and behind them are 3 shepherds and their herd of sheep (which were our kids and the Baka kids on all fours, bleating “baaa baaa”).
After the play and some explanation of the meaning of Christmas in Baka by Samba, we brought out some juice and popcorn and played some music for dancing. The last two Christmas’ we have tried different ways to give our Christmas gift to the village. Our gift includes rice, salt, bouillon cubes and candy for each family. This year we decided to hand this out after the play. Kpess and Sufiyo helped us out by filling up bags of rice and salt and making sure that each family didn’t take more than their fair share.
Finally after more dancing and merrymaking, folks started itching to get a ride back to the village (2 miles away) and cook their rice to have with their dinner. Barry made 2 trips in his car; Nathan made one (he had to fill the tire with air before they left…couldn’t imagine why it was so low!).
So…now email us or leave a comment letting us know what YOUR village / neighborhood / church / family is doing this Christmas!!! :-)
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3 comments:
That was great to read. The Ch Crane's will be doing a family play as well to hopefully aid Chase, Chaelee and Chloe's understanding. We don't have a 'real' baby like your friend Tendi, but I think between our two girls we'll have enough pretend babies to choose from. We are missing you, but glad you are spreading the Truth abroad!
Thanks Ch family! I guess you guys are the only ones celebrating Christmas this year....or else just the only people that read our blog! :P We love you!
I really appreciate this posting. It really was a good reminder about what Christmas should be. THanks guys
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