escape and explore

escaped ,  still running Coordinated blog, browse by: desert | forest | ocean | architecture | people This blog is no longer being updated, well, at least for the foreseeable future. This blog is my escape when things are looking bleak. It is a reminder of all the beautiful things in the world, and that this beauty is something to live for. I hope it reminds you too.

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Goodbye!

Hey guys, this is just to tell you that I will no longer be updating this blog. Basically what I've told my wonderful collab (which you should all check out) is that I don't have enough time to update so many blogs, so I'm leaving eludere and my collab, but I'm retaining my personal blog.  If you should ever want to talk to me there, feel free to message me on my personal.

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Years, and if fate shall chance it, maybe I'll meet some of you in real life.

Love, Cathee. 

(but who knows, someday I might come back to this blog, which is why I'm leaving it here)

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Burkina Faso by m’sieur rico on Flickr.

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School in a Konso village Ethiopia by Eric Lafforgue on Flickr.

Via Flickr: Most of the kids in south Ethiopia do not have access to schools as they are in remote places and have to work early help the parents. Konso are a rather rich tribe, with big villages (up to 5 000 people). So schools can be seen, like this one. On the wall, the map of Ethiopia The Konso are quite a rich tribe, because they have a lot of fields. The villages are really big, organized like wood fortresses, and are ruled by traditional chiefs. In the village, there are statues, called “Wagas” or “Wakas”, which represent dead Konso chiefs or heros who had a heroic life -they killed animals, enemies… But since antique shops have bought the oldest ones, nowadays they tend to be very rare. The Konso had an interesting tradition after having a fight with an other tribe: they take the tibia bones of their dead ennemies, burn them to ashes, and then dance around. Before the women were all half nude with a typical white skirt, but as missionaries are very active in the area, they tend to wear Arsenal tee-shirt to hide their breast… There is actually a big challenge in Ethiopia between christian and muslim activits to convert the remote villages. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added in september 2011 the ‘Konso Cultural Landscape of Ethiopia’ to it’s World Heritage List. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com

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