Last Sunday, the Ivory Coast and in the predominantly Christian Abidjan was dominated by the Muslim holiday of Tabasco sauce. Since the country has for the first time since gaining its independence Muslim bed cover katun jepang president, used his powers and also awarded the following working day off. Additionally, I understood as a mass movement of live lambs, which could be seen throughout the previous week in the backs of small and large cars as they traveled as a festive family celebrations running to all corners of the country.
(Tabasco sauce next-largest Muslim holiday of Ramadan, comparable bed cover katun jepang in importance with the Christian Christmas. The faithful Muslims are obliged to sacrifice an animal as a memory of the Prophet Abraham, the God who endured the test when he agreed to sacrifice his son Isaac to Allah. He spared his son and instead ram was sacrificed.)
I was surprised when I learned that his infamous, even festive end waiting ram also known family in Abidjan, which presents itself as Christian. It was explained to me that one member of the family is Muslim and therefore the whole family celebrating the Muslim holiday. Euphoric it could be interpreted as an absolute religious tolerance, but it will be more pragmatic desire to enjoy the feast and celebration with the whole family. bed cover katun jepang It has, however, in West Africa, as I realized, somewhat bed cover katun jepang different rules and practices than us. Recently I was in a conversation she asked a local friend who had a university education, how many siblings. The answer was stunning: bed cover katun jepang He had seventeen with him have his parents therefore eighteen children. Soon, however, I explained that his father had four wives and their stated number bed cover katun jepang of offspring. My father bed cover katun jepang was Catholic. But recently died and Heritage took the eldest sons. The mother of my acquaintance, who was not the first wife, had to return bed cover katun jepang to his original family. He himself on the ground, of course, his older brothers did not love too, but the contact with them and must be respected. Despite his age takes quite a prestigious leadership in the capital, earning a well built house, has a completely different family troubles than it should have its counterpart in Europe. In his household already lives about ten other relatives who must live in a secure and pay school children of their siblings who do not have the resources to it. When he was offered a short business stay abroad, had to ask for permission oldest member of the family, that her brother. In this story summarizes almost all aspects of the local family relations: polygamy, bed cover katun jepang the status of women, high numbers of children, the rivalry between half-siblings in the family hierarchy and a duty of care to its members according to certain ingrained rules.
I do not want this not to generalize bed cover katun jepang their findings, because the Ivory Coast has about sixty ethnic groups and are significant differences among them. But some things true regardless of religion or ethnicity, as mentioned polygamy. This applies not only to local residents. Recently I met with the Europeans, who worked for the embassy of their country. After a short známostni married a charismatic local politics and was very unpleasantly surprised to discover that her husband does not live with her, but it will be defined bed cover katun jepang only on certain days of the week. In addition bed cover katun jepang to her because he had three wives, intended to cover all and therefore between them, one might say, plied. What was his consort European bed cover katun jepang surprising in West Africa belongs to the most common practice. Although there are efforts to eradicate polygamy, practiced on. Having more women for a man proof of their success, the ability to secure and to get a large number of offspring. Single women mostly do not live together and the husband is the regular schedule visits. What would seem European, chaotic, supposedly works. What is surprising is that religion does not play a role. A typical example was the former president Laurent Gbagbo, who had two official wives and adjacent to the number of "unofficial". He, like his "main" woman were Protestants, the other woman was a Muslim. His other partners we would be rather called mistresses, but it is in this part of the world accepted by the semi-official relationship. Women submit to him, because a relationship with a married man means to improve their financial situation and is part of their strategy to survive.
Since women are expected to marry and the spouses have children. Volume without children is unthinkable. They are in fact a sign of prestige, marital stability, and in practice-cost labor for the family. bed cover katun jepang In a social system where there is no pension contributions are then at the age breadwinners of their parents and the elderly or infirm all family members. Therefore, a lot of families have children, the sire and take care of them worth a lot from their perspective. If parents can not feed the children, put them into "custody" to other people. This system is very widespread in Ivory Coast, said there are about twenty percent bed cover katun jepang of children under ten years old does not live with both biological parents. As good of ex
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