25/06/10

June 25th is Independence Day in Mozambique, today marking 35 years of independence. Since this is still a relatively novel thing, it is obviously a point of greater pride and excitement than you might find in the average American. Because of this I was expecting a huge ceremony, much bigger than the ones on women’s day or labor day. But what I didn’t take into account was that it was a Friday and thus everyone went home to their respective villages. I showed up to the plaza on Friday morning and waited for a little while but nobody was there and nothing was happened, so I went to Ann’s house and then returned 30 minutes later. Still nothing so we went to the market and returned about 30 minutes later, even fewer people were there with no indication that anything was going to happen, so we just gave up and went home.