Today some of the children in Kerewan came to the Regional Education office as part of their 'Commonwealth Day celebration'. The children were all dressed up and the girls had put sweets and biscuits in their hair, all carefully braided and sewn in! Most children wear their best clothes but some get dressed up in traditional costumes like those once worn by their ancestors.
The children only came to the office for a few minutes and then went back to school. Normally on Commonwealth Day children spend the whole day at school cooking food, making flags and banners and learning about the Commonwealth.
I wonder how many children in the UK know what the Commonwealth is?
There are a few interesting websites for children about the Commonwealth. One of the best is the ‘Young Commonwealth’ site at www.youngcommonwealth.org
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| The girls in this picture are wearing traditional dress |
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| The outfits here are from some of the different tribal groups in The Gambia |
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| Lovely Basi (from my compound) |
You are so right; most people only have a vague idea about what the Commonwealth is, and it didn't help when the special status of commonwealth residency was rendered of no consequence once we became part of the European Union.
ReplyDeleteHi, I help run a Rainbows group and we're telling the girls about the Commonwealth at the moment, in a simple way. Found your site whilst looking for a unique activity to do with them in relation to this. I think the girls wearing sweets and biscuits in their hair is wonderful - we're going to try something similar at our next meeting!
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