Rory and Joana on Ilha

Joana and Rory are volunteers with a non-profit organisation called TechnoServe, based in Mozambique, working on promoting tourism for a bijou undiscovered island called Ilha de Mocambique. Our role is to develop a plan to attract the right kind of tourism and development which will protect the island's exceptional architecture, and create wealth for the local community... and eat lobster and sunbathe !

Tuesday, December 26, 2006


This is Amade demonstrating a boy dressed for 'Id'. The final day of Ramadan is marked with a celebration on Ilha, in which all the children process in Id dress around Ilha. The little boys wear ties, the girls wear beads. Amade was delighted to drag this boy in from the street for photos. After a posed one to camera, I suggested they tried a casual, informal pose, chatting. So they stiffly turned to one another, as pictured, and Amade said 'Errr. Today is Id,' and the boy said 'Yes.'

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