Farmers Day/ World AIDS Day.

Both these functions fall on 1st December, so Tumu held a joint ceremony for them. The World AIDS day started with an AIDS walk. It was unfortunately only announced the previous night, so I was unable to attend but I have been told that it was pretty impressive. Many people marching around town waving flag streamers and blown up condoms. Farmers day is a bit like a harvest festival with many regional farmers showing their crops. There were many prizes, consisting of a bicycle, machete, wellies, matches, material, and much more, including a certificate. There was a star prize of a motorbike too. I have since been told that the farmers who win have to contribute to the prize fund! So the star prize may not have gone to the best farm but the person who contributed the most!!! - But that is only a rumour.

The day was also Market day. So I moved onto market fully expecting to see an abundance of vegetables now harvest has come. So I was somewhat shocked to see most veg had finished, and only managed to get tomato, cabbage and onion, so much for harvest. Oh well!