Today is Miriam’s graduation party. Since I am staying with the Nyekos, Miriam’s aunt and uncle, I get to watch the day unfold. We have breakfast with Miriam, her mother, father, the Nyekos and another uncle. After breakfast is church. Church starts at 9, but we arrive around 10:30, in time for a couple of the songs (I love the drums the most), the sermon and rest of the service, which ends a little after 1:00. Jolly and didn’t have time earlier in the week, so we take time for a shopping trip for graduation presents and return home in time for the party.
The party is a mid-day party. I’ve been told that sometimes people don’t even say what time a party starts, other than mid-day or evening, because people arrive when they are ready. In this case, people start arriving at 3 p.m. and continue arriving until after 7 p.m. There were many speeches, a buffet dinner of matoke (plantains steamed in banana leaves), two types of rice, chicken, beef in broth, shredded cabbage salad with tomatoes, a cooked shredded cabbage and peanut sauce, more speeches, fruit salad, Miriam’s speech, then the cake cutting and distribution to each guest by Miriam, followed by a dance procession where each party gave presents to Miriam. It was beautiful and touching.
The party is a mid-day party. I’ve been told that sometimes people don’t even say what time a party starts, other than mid-day or evening, because people arrive when they are ready. In this case, people start arriving at 3 p.m. and continue arriving until after 7 p.m. There were many speeches, a buffet dinner of matoke (plantains steamed in banana leaves), two types of rice, chicken, beef in broth, shredded cabbage salad with tomatoes, a cooked shredded cabbage and peanut sauce, more speeches, fruit salad, Miriam’s speech, then the cake cutting and distribution to each guest by Miriam, followed by a dance procession where each party gave presents to Miriam. It was beautiful and touching.
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