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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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 Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 20:04:13
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| Dont be sorry kon we all beat about the bush,init. |
There is no god but Allah |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 20:32:38
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| that sounds some one in the heart of England "init" which translates isn't it. |
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Newfy
Western Samoa
462 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 21:37:39
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| hey lemontime, this is wild mind time i guess. sambalimba is that like cubra libre?? :) |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 21:43:33
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| Yea Newfy i guss it is Ummm |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 22:44:57
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Originally posted by Newfy
and ndimba - and cere coucous - some kind of starchy fruit from a tree
A young dimba fruit when cooked with chere is called GHENG. The ripe dimba fruit is called MOUTA. The tree itself is called Dimba. In mandinka it is called DUTA LUBO. |
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Newfy
Western Samoa
462 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 22:48:31
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| ndimba, that can be the mainstay for the entire summer if there is nothing to eat out there in the bush... |
The law an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 22:50:53
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| yOU ARE RIGHT. i HAVE HARVESTED A LOT OF IT AND SOMETIMES DRY THEM AND STORE IN SACKS FOR THE RAINY DAY. |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 16:47:31
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| EHH have you really kon |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 17:52:44
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I did that a lot of the times. Dimba is harvested just when the rains start. They will soon be ready for harvesting the young fruits. You cook it with peanut powder and steam it. It’s as soft as a boiled egg. Sometimes that is all that is there to eat. Millet or coos would long gone.
You know, the month of September is called SEKEH TEMBER. SEKEH in Mandinka means pervert. That is how most villagers associate the month with. The previous year's harvest is gone and the only one due, which is the corn, will be ready until around November. This is the time when many children die and suffer severe malnutrition and unfortunately, it is also at this tie that malaria is prevalent.
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 18:57:57
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| I never knew why, but I always disliked September. Maybe now I know. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 19:33:24
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| September is the toughest month in the villages. It is the best time to help and it is appreciated more when everything farm produce is gone. |
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 19:35:48
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| Good to know, Kondorong, thank you. |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 20:00:19
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| Kon then what happens in OCTOBER then is it easy month in the Village. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 20:17:31
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People rush to the corn field and try to harvest some few one that mature early. There used to be a village wide sanction in which no one was allowed to harvest their own farm until the Alkalo said so. Young boys would hide and roast corn in the bush beacuse if you are caught you will be punished in front of everybody. in Mandinka it is called TONG.
Some go the millet farm and sometimes cut some of the half ready produce and dry them in the sun so that the seeds would come off easily. Sometmes it is smoked dry. October was much better because you had few options. |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2006 : 02:57:55
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| DO YOU STILL HELP IN THE FARM KON |
There is no god but Allah |
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