We came upon this scene last Sunday evening in Figuig after our first day of class. To celebrate the birthday of Mohammed, local tradition in Figuig is for a man to dress up and march through the streets. As far as know, he represents a bad spirit of sorts. Children were walking with him, taunting him, and throwing firecrackers throughout the city, but not in his direction. This same event happens in the Middle Atlas Mountains and other places with Berbers during Eid Kabir. However, unlike there, this man was not chasing after scared children with a stick. Additionally, I've been told that the Tamazirt language is different here.Figuig's a very intriguing place to say the least. Camp has been a great experience and has just concluded today, hamdullah. It's nice to meet and greet campers and have them be thankful for the experience, but a week with 100 high school aged students is a long week. I have a few stories to tell and like the postponed writings of last months Sahara trip, I'll put them up soon.
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