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Ivory Coast 2019

Cote D'Ivoire (or Ivory Coast) is located in Africa. Seldom is it yet visited by Americans, but it SHOULD BE, as it is super interesting, especially if you are interested in culture. Take a look at the places we visited and the people we met along our way.
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Ivory Cosat is famous for its masks; this market had many stalls and many mask carvers..jpg
Ivory Cosat is famous for its masks; this market had many stalls and many mask carvers..jpg		 If you send your clothes to a laundry, perhaps they will be dried in this manner.
If you send your clothes to a laundry, perhaps they will be dried in this manner.		 Maybe you will buy your produce here?
Maybe you will buy your produce here?
A daughter of one of the vendors?
A daughter of one of the vendors?		 Musicians playing calabash drums
Musicians playing calabash drums		 Onlookers
Onlookers
Our first mask dancer!
Our first mask dancer! 		Look at this horn
Look at this horn		 A mask dancer posing for us
A mask dancer posing for us
Here he is again in motion
Here he is again in motion		 A mosque built in the Sudanese style
A mosque built in the Sudanese style		 Babies are carried on their mothers' backs...and seldom cry.
Babies are carried on their mothers' backs...and seldom cry.
Wherever we went, crowds of kids appeared (almost instantlly) to look at us.
Wherever we went, crowds of kids appeared (almost instantlly) to look at us.		 What had he just eaten?
What had he just eaten?		 A bead maker painting one of his beads
A bead maker painting one of his beads
Examples of the finished product
Examples of the finished product		 A father teaching his son to draw
A father teaching his son to draw		 Love how the kids decorate their braids
Love how the kids decorate their braids
Another cutie
Another cutie		 More musicians at another dance performance
More musicians at another dance performance		 These young men are lions
These young men are "lions"
All the dancers were very athletic
All the dancers were very athletic		 An animist shrine
An animist shrine		 A sacrifice on the shrine
A sacrifice on the shrine
Graneries
Graneries		 A different type of animist shrine, a sacred house.
A different type of animist shrine, a "sacred house".		 One of its decorations
One of its decorations
Dozo men, members of a secret society; its members hunt and provide security.
Dozo men, members of a secret society; its members hunt and provide security.		 Check out their adornments
Check out their adornments		 A young family
A young family
See her tatoos?
See her tatoos?		 How they love their jewelry!
How they love their jewelry!		 Here's where we should ship our plastic bottles; these people need them!
Here's where we should ship our plastic bottles; these people need them!
Another pretty young girl, with more jewelry and a pretty headscarf.
Another pretty young girl, with more jewelry and a pretty headscarf.		 Africans appear to love color; I agree!
Africans appear to love color; I agree!		 Relaxing and enjoying the shade
Relaxing and enjoying the shade
Three young girls at a market
Three young girls at a market		 Another Dozo man; their clothing is very distinctive.
Another Dozo man; their clothing is very distinctive.		 A sacred rock, up to which we hiked
A sacred rock, up to which we hiked
Dancing for us
Dancing for us		 Reciting his prayers?
Reciting his prayers?		 Village house
Village house
Villagers
Villagers		 Dancers and musicians
Dancers and musicians		 Great smile~
Great smile~
The first girl was the star of the dance performance
The first girl was the star of the dance performance		 Look at this mask dancer!
Look at this mask dancer!		 In motion
In motion
Another mask dancer (and his minder)
Another mask dancer (and his "minder")		 Cooling off in the shade
Cooling off in the shade		 I told you we attracted children...
I told you we attracted children...
Two young Muslim girls
Two young Muslim girls		 A vine bridge, which we crossed (had to walk barefoot as it's a sacred bridge)
A vine bridge, which we crossed (had to walk barefoot as it's a sacred bridge)		 Cocoa beans are harvested from these pods
Cocoa beans are harvested from these pods
Another group of musicians
Another group of musicians		 Another mask dancer
Another mask dancer		 His mask
His mask
It's HOT in this country; even the sheep want the shade.
It's HOT in this country; even the sheep want the shade.		 A village market
A village market		 The Basilica of Notre Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro; they say it is even wider than St. Peters in the Vatican.
The Basilica of Notre Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro; they say it is even wider than St. Peters in the Vatican.
Lots of lovely stained glass, including its dome
Lots of lovely stained glass, including its dome		 Crocodiles
Crocodiles		 A waterside market and a view of the Basilica
A waterside market and a view of the Basilica
The Bay of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean
The Bay of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean
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