Saturday 6 September 2008

saturday morning silence

every saturday morning in burundi, and the last saturday of the month in rwanda there is UMUGANDA
from 8 am to 10 am in burundi, and from 8 am to 11 am in rwanda, everybody is obliged to do community work, cleaning roads, gardening of public parks, repairing walls...whatever
the cities become ghost cities, with no vehicles circulation and very little transit of people, shops and markets closed, giving a feeling between relaxed and eerie, for the change is so radical from their normal state of being, noisy and hot, with chaotic traffic and people everywhere
overpopulation in such tiny countries can be felt and seen

1 comment:

Magic said...

que bueno!deberia transportarse a más sitios!tu participas?sería genial!y es por obligación?y si alguien no lo hace?"Todo por la comunidad"jeje!
muak
Amaia