Brush corrals are used to keep the goats and cattle separate and protected inside the compound. They don't have lions so there was not the traditional 10ft fence on the perimeter, just 5 feet of thorny brush piles.
Cattle and goats everywhere. The boys herd most of the animals once they are about 5 years or older.
The venturers had a chance to milk cows, but most of them were spooked by mzungus (whites) so they dressed up in traditional Kanga dress which helped calm them.
There were four or five very hardy puppies around the camp that were handled quite roughly by the local children but were fine anyhow.
The father and a local man slaughtered a goat for our dinner. They suffocate the goat in order to preserve the blood which they drink while slaughtering. They don't waste anything from the goat except perhaps the hooves which were given to the dogs as a treat. We had a variety of meat types prepared for us for dinner including liver which was nice.
After dinner, we had several men lead the group in traditional chanting and jumping. The highest jumper gets the bride in their culture.
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