A few months before our June evacuation, AIM's On Field Media team traveled to Didinga to photograph and film for their upcoming TIMO promotional movie (the video will be out soon).
Here are some of those AMAZING photos...
An OFMer filming at the Grinding Stone -MurKuzhen, the cone-shaped mountain we were said to have stolen the rain from, is in the background.
My Homestay brother, a Didinga shepherd boy, Loekahtoe.
Beautiful Didinga from the 206
Definitely, one of my all time FAVORITES!
"You say what?"Tianne bridging the communication gap (and world gap) at the Clinic.
Grinding corn with my Didinga friends.
Wide Leg Jean Thabon -sporting a charm necklace from the witchdoctor.
Roasting Didinga's version of Corn Nuts
Our Didinga TIMO TeamStarting from the left: Bill, me, Deborah, Tianne (in background), Amber, Janette, Shawn (in background), Carly, Elly, Deborah, Danny and David (in background).
My mud hutmates: Tianne, Janette and Elly
One of my favorite Didinga pastimes...holding babies at the Clinic.
A Didinga Cattle RaiderThe scorpion scar on this man's arm signifies his status in the community as a fierce warrior.
Most Didinga men carried a handmade knife similar to the one attached to his arm.
SUDAN
Baboo - TobaccoTobacco was wrapped and smoked from a leaf when a pipe was not available.
"Ahvelenoo?" - Do you have a headache?In a society that drinks beer, instead of water, this was one of our basic clinic questions.
Mother and Child
Waiting their turn at the Clinic
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