This is a bunch of us at a local festival drinking some pito. The pic below is of one of the dancers at the festival. 
School is back in session and as I am walking to class from my house, I am reminded of my first day of school last year. On my walk about 1 MILLION flies decided to fly onto my back. I couldn't get them to leave me alone, for the life of me, and I remember being so nervous that when I met my fellow teachers for the first time, they would think "oh, great, they sent us someone who doesn't bathe and that all the flies follow". So you can imagine how relieved I was when I got to school and EVERYONE had a million flies on their backs! I didnt know so many even existed. Anyway, I had forgotten about them because 3/4 of of the year they leave, along with the rains, but rainy season is upon us again in full force!
I was talking with a friend/fellow teacher and found out if a woman cheats on her husband, she has to be cleansed before she can sleep with her husband again. This involves stripping her naked in front of some women and some men and performing certain "rites" on her, involving fowl's blood and "performing some things to her private parts". It's a very embarrassing show, and is used to discourage other women from cheating on their husbands. I asked, "yeah, but what if the woman doesnt tell her husband that she cheated on him?" And was told that if a woman cheats without telling her husband she will come down with AIDS-like symptoms but the HIV test will have negative results. She will continue getting sicker and sicker unless she confesses to what she did and with whom. This "juju", as they call these spiritual curses put upon people, is believed so firmly that it is enough to prevent people from doing many things.
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