OPINION RAHMADHAN JOKES BY YERO JALLOW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 14, 2005 It is rahmadhan, and people of Sareh Mawdeh started fasting. The people of Sareh Mawdeh are known for their "phesal"-being very forgetful, nervous, worried and overreacting during rahmadhan. It seems that over the years this has attracted attention in the surrounding to the extend that natives of this town will even pretend to be outsiders during rahmadhan in order to capture the gossips people make about them. This year is a little better in the Town, so let's look at what is observed so far. 1. The sighting of the crescent is really funny in the village. I wonder how many new moons they see? In a town of one thousand people, the moon is seen three times. This results to them teasing each other with it, and you will often hear them say "We got it this year." This is observed during rahmadhan starting and ending. Three new moons on a single month in one village !(laughter !) 2. The beginning day of fasting is thought to be the toughest since it is like a sudden change to the body system. That's where the Alkaloo did the famous drama on a broad day light. After his early morning meal, the Alkaloo went to sleep. He woke up around noon, when the sun is straight overhead. He went back to bed again with a groaning stomach. He was not comfortable on bed. He got trapped in between the bed and outside looking at the sun. All he wanted to see was sunset. To him, the sun was stationary. It won't move no matter how many times he comes outside to look at it. He took his kartuse (gun) and started firing at the sun. Villagers had come from far and near rescuing the sun and their head. Shooting the sun for sunset to come! (laughter !) 3. The case with Karamobaa, the village imam is not as serious as the village head. The Village imam on this single morning was late for early morning shuhur (breakfast), and by the time that he was up from bed, the sun rays were greeting him on his bed. He called out to the first wife and said "Mariama, pull the door and window curtains so that i can have darkness in the room, and eat my meal." Karamobaa's followers were awaiting in the mosque and they heard his utterance. Imam taking shuhur after sunrise !(Laughter !) NOTE: Developed from traditional story telling. If you are not familiar with the Gambian culture, you might not be able to understand the funniness in it. All the same, the moral lesson intended is about emphasis on rahmahdhan. How about take a break and a deep laughter ...hahahaaa. Go To Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2004 AllGambian.Net. All Rights Reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤