Day 21

Today we left to go back to Larth! We got to sleep in a little which was nice, packed up, and piled on the bus. The bus was so stuffed from everyone's shopping it was crazy! The bus ride was going to take about 4 hours and we would return home by 3:30, just in time to change and head into town to see the fetish priestest. However this drive ended up taking about 6 hours and we didn't get to see the fetish priestest until around 6:30/7ish. On the way home we stopped for lunch at this restraunt and I got really good veggie pizza! The rest of the ride was pretty uneventful. Once we got back we stopped to let two girls off the bus then continued into town to see the priestest. When we got there she was dressed in traditional dress and there were drums and chairs set up. We all sat down, I got the front row, and the drumming started. People started singing, drumming, and dancing aound. I took some pictures and a short video, but then it got too dark to see anything. The pirestest got posessed by one spirit and started dancing. People from our group also got to dance with her, I declined because I wanted to experience what was going on, but not participate in it. Next, she sat down and fainted, meaning that spirit left her and another one was going to posess her. The next spirit posessed her and more drumming and dancing occured. Then she sat down and people could go up and ask questions. About 7 girls went and asked questions, I again decided not to. Her answers to all the questions were very vague and not specific, which was somewhat to be expected. After everyone was done asking questions the spirit left her body and the ceremony/performance was over. Overall it was a cool experience to see, and something that I will never forget. After the performance was over we came back to the house and unpacked everything. Tomorrow and Sunday are free days in which we can do whatever we want. Sam, Marissa, Holly, Kaitlyn, and I are going to this bead city tomorrow. Our goal is to tour the Cedi's Bead Factory, go to the market, and Global Mamma's has a store there in which you can take a half day workshop on making beads! We have to provide our own transportation, so this should be a fun trip! Ill let everyone know how it goes tomorrow!

And if anyone has time look at Global Mama's website (www.globalmamas.org) They have the cutest things and it's all fair trade!