On February 24th we were invited to the apartment of the people who live right above us for dinner. We had said hello to them several times and then the first time I was at the library helping immigrants with their school work, one of the people I helped was our neighbor upstairs, Raheel, who is from Ethiopia. We invited them for cake and a visit a few weeks ago then they invited us to dinner. We thought it would be just us and her and her boyfriend. But when we arrived we found out that in her religion, Episcipal Ethiopian, the last Sunday in February is the day celebrated as the day Angel Gabriel appeared to the virgin Mary. So Raheel had invited many of her friends, teachers and family over for a celebration and dinner. This picture is of some of the people at the dinner. The food served was meats, sauces and salads put on a crepe made of flour. Another crepe is taken and torn into pieces which are used to pick up the food with your fingers. No utensils are to be found.
Part of their religious service is playing a large drum and singing and dancing at the same time. This is our hostess, Raheel on the drum.
Another guest playing the drum and singing or chanting. Everyone else is clapping their hands and moving to the beat of the music. Some of the people sang along with the music and others, at appropriate times, would let out a shrill cry. Very interesting.
One of the guests, sitting next to Sister Humphrey, was from Afganistan. They talked for some time and he was very friendly. He said that about ninty percent of the people from Afganistan support the U.S. presence in Afganistan. The only ones who don't are supporters of the Taliban.
On February 24th we were invited to the apartment of the people who live right above us for dinner. We had said hello to them several times and then the first time I was at the library helping immigrants with their school work, one of the people I helped was our neighbor upstairs, Raheel, who is from Ethiopia. We invited them for cake and a visit a few weeks ago then they invited us to dinner. We thought it would be just us and her and her boyfriend. But when we arrived we found out that in her religion, Episcipal Ethiopian, the last Sunday in February is the day celebrated as the day Angel Gabriel appeared to the virgin Mary. So Raheel had invited many of her friends, teachers and family over for a celebration and dinner. This picture is of some of the people at the dinner. The food served was meats, sauces and salads put on a crepe made of flour. Another crepe is taken and torn into pieces which are used to pick up the food with your fingers. No utensils are to be found.
Part of their religious service is playing a large drum and singing and dancing at the same time. This is our hostess, Raheel on the drum.
Another guest playing the drum and singing or chanting. Everyone else is clapping their hands and moving to the beat of the music. Some of the people sang along with the music and others, at appropriate times, would let out a shrill cry. Very interesting.
One of the guests, sitting next to Sister Humphrey, was from Afganistan. They talked for some time and he was very friendly. He said that about ninty percent of the people from Afganistan support the U.S. presence in Afganistan. The only ones who don't are supporters of the Taliban.
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