A turtle is crossing the road. They had seen it and picked it up. Mother put it in the basked in front. A delicacy and for sure it will be a kind of Christmas dinner. Sure, not a daily dinner routine.
A few weeks ago, the three of us (without masks) on the scooter (Dog Kadhow without helmet but we with) also saw one crossing. We helped him / her to a safe area.
In the late evening, almost night, people from the village walk through the fields with headlamps. Looking for toads, rats and in the trees snakes. They are sold on the market and also eaten themselves. It is a small source of income ...
People here live in different ways. However, houses are different and the way people live life in them is different as well. Actually, not comparable and it seems that living is not really a priority. More it is the shelter against sun and rain. When I look around me, it does not really show to me, seen from my culture, a way of 'feeling home'. But I am just wrong. It’s just my opinion because of my background. People may feel much more at home here than in my former home country for instance. Generally, not a luxury way. And yes, a TV is part of it. The car seems more important than the house. And how the house looks like or the level of maintenance. In many cases not really a priority. And whether or not it only has to do with "being poor"? I wonder.
After living here for more than eight years, you can assume that my holiday feeling is somewhat over.
And living in the countryside, almost no foreigner to be seen here, really brings you into contact with the true culture and way of life of the people here.
I am less and less surprised. More and more it is "normal" while, when I think about it, it is not at all normal for me.
"Holy cow" which was and am I actually spoiled. And whether that is better, I dare not say.
I also feel at home here. And yes, we live differently from the average resident here and our plans for the future with our building process also look different.
Here too, the Internet shows how you can buy happiness. You must have more. In fact, it is destroying this fantastic culture where the older generation still settles for little, knows how to relax and enjoy the basic things and the family feeling that life is really about.
Great to be able to get this insight from that mother with her children who is picking up a turtle ...
Gangey Gruma (Frans Captijn)
Captijn Insight. Catalyst in developing tranquility & in-sight to get in a sustainable way real connection, purpose, pleasure and flow in life, love, family, business, career and work again.
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