Another Gente (baby naming/baptism)

One of the Malika Monkey's just had their 2nd baby, which means, another gente. This is the first gente that Scotty has been to because it's the first of his friends (versus Herma's friends) that had the baby. So, we all packed up in Herma's truck and drove into the middle of no where for the party. We had 6 in the cab and at least 6 in the back of the truck, a regular parade of toubobs driving through the Senegal sand.

Once there, we were treated with high honor, we got to hang out in one of the residence rooms (most of the other guests were sitting/laying on mats under trees in the courtyard). Here Crystal is with Nia (friend/cook/housekeeper). This is the first time Crystal has been able to wear her outfit in public, not bad for a toubob.

Here is the new litle guy, we didn't catch his name. He is a he though, we caught that much. Boys are very prestigious in this culture.

He is only 8 days old, and super small, he slept the whole time.

After hanging out with the new baby and his parents, they insisted that we eat. They brought us some amazing Cebbu Yepp (rice and lamb). It was really tasty, but we had all just eaten right before we came, so the boys did what boys do best and were team players.

After eating, we had to get some air. The weather has turned really humid and there is NO breeze to speak of inside the brick homes. Lucky for us, the boys had already staked claim to the perfect tree with a perfect breeze. Here is the motley crew of the Malika Monkeys.

Ending the trip, we just had to get our picture by this amazing Baobab tree. This is a medium sized one and it already miniaturizes us. This is by far our favorite tree in Senegal.