Who are these folks? You have to read the rest of this post to find out!
We, my co-traveling teacher, (Lynn O’Brien from Lebanon, Indiana) and I were so lucky to be able to spent a week with the wonderful people of Oujda, Morocco. This is not a an area of this amazingly diverse and beautiful country that is seen by many, and it should be!
Way out here in North Eastern Morocco, where you can have at least four seasons in the day, we were brought into the schools and homes of some of the most generous and friendly people on earth. We were invited to share in whatever was going on, and that including two wedding parties!
Today we got the opportunity to participate in a master’s class on Communicative Intercultural Education at Mohamed 1st University. Then we met with an associate dean who is doing work with traditional storytelling; I had the opportunity to talk with him about the possibilities of digital storytelling too.
Later we went to a local weekly market that was overwhelming with color and sound. One of the characters you see frequently is the water seller. There are no public water fountains in this area. These vendors wear a very distinct costume. You can buy a cup of water for yourself or as I learned to do, you can give them money to honor someone and have the water seller “play it forward” so that they give a free cup of water to the next person.
A lovely way to remember someone by.