"Please come to my house, you are always welcome!". Especially on
celebration days, this kind of request is often heard here in Kosti.
During the three days of 'Eid', people tend to have a so called
'walk-in' policy; you can come to their house at any time during the
morning, afternoon, evening and even night! As a host, you never really
know who will turn up when. It sometimes creates interesting situations
when two people have invited each other and they show up at each others
door step at the same time! Because of this 'walk-in' policy we were
able to do a round tour yesterday, visiting six colleagues and their
families in the Kosti area. We were vastly welcomed with a glass of soft
drink and sugary sweets and home-made biscuits. And (-this will make
you laugh, considering the message I wrote yesterday-) I couldn't leave a
single house before being immersed by an overload of traditional brown
coloured Sudanese perfume applied on my face, ears, hands, arms and
neck. Back at home it took quite a bit of time to find some sleep after
our lovely day of visits. It might have had to do with the amount of sugar
taken throughout the day. Or was it perhaps the lingering Sudanese smell on my pillow?
