It has been a week since we embarked on our journey to
Kopeiya. Needless to say it has been quite the experience. We have been a part
of several local customs and partaken of the area’s cuisine (it is not every day
one eats guinea fowl and groundnut soup with one’s hands!) So now I have to ask
myself: What is it that I’ve learned so far?
My answer to that question is that the whole structure of
this village and its people is one of continuous motion. There is very little
separation between different parts of life. There is no separation between the
secular and the sacred. Gahu the song is nothing without Gahu the dance. The
list goes on. Life simply is life.
One thing I’ve noticed in regard to this is that when a
person is tired here that person will rest. It is not uncommon to see members
of the staff resting between lessons. I feel like this would be an invaluable
lesson for our hustle-and-bustle lives back in the States. Too often it seems
that Americans do not get enough rest and we are only allowed to sleep for a
significant amount of time between the hours of midnight and six (at least for
your average college student.) I cannot help but believe our lives would be
much easier if we simply allowed our lives to flow as they naturally are
supposed to.
We have a little over a week left here and I can only hope
that we all can take a little bit more from this small corner of the world and
bring it to a much wider audience.
Best,
Nate
P.S. Technical difficulties on the part of the user means I'm posting this as Ben. :p
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