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Our on site Makonde carver uses his hands, feet and simple tools to carve into the hard ebony of the Mpingo tree.
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A "street" in Huduma, the sprawled out village to which the MVCC land belongs.
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Kids play in the banana plantations in the valley directly below the lodge,
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but some have to help their parents!
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The local bananas and rice on sale in the streets of Mto Wa Mbu (Motowoombu) our local town
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and more fruit and veg in the local market.
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Some of the women of Mafuta Boma (village) await to greet us and
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their warrior men march in ceremony into the Boma.
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They live very simple lives
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in the wide open savana in the valley to our east.
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Dance and song is part of every day life
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and beadwork belongs to their many talents.
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