Colours of beets

…. during our following conversation, Janet is putting on various artifacts and parts of a bride’s beets costume while she’s explaining and telling stories of rituals and customs.… towards the end of this long real-time take, she mentions also the women’s custom of placing red beets on the bed, indicating to her husband that she’s in her menstrual cycle … (this is the image that you can hear the painter Agness Buya Yombwe in Livingstone refer to…) (in ChiTonga with summary translations) More recordings with Janet and Luyando: http://archive.org/details/Voices_from_Binga_949 From: http://both-sides-of-the-zambezi.tumblr.com/