Thanks for visiting our blogsite! We have been living with the Boomyah people for 7 months. They are a hindu people group in Asia. We spent the first four months focusing on the national language but are now trying to learn the tribal language. Most of the people here have never met a foreigner who can speak their language so their faces just light up when we address them in their own language. They usually run to get their friends so that everyone can enjoy listening to what the foreigner has to say to them in their language (which isn't much yet, but we are dilligently trying to learn more). We are becoming quite accustomed to our new roles as the village idiots!
We have been invited to several traditional ceremonies and dances over the past few months. We try to wear the local attire when we attend special functions and the people get so excited to see us in their clothes. Men and women here both wear sarongs. The men usually wear a short sleeved button down shirt and a piece of fabric around their head. The women wear a long sleeved, fitted top. This is a picture of us in the local attire after a cermony to celebrate the birth of a friend's baby.
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