The November 2009 Katapor merry-go-round installation was pretty great.
The community got together and cleared the land with their machetes, dug a trench for the electric cables, put a small hole in the wall of the school for the cord to go through, etc. They had also prepared songs and dances and a loooooooooong presentation for us.
Solomon and the village chief and I cut the tape on the merry-go-round and uncovered it. A girl dressed in traditional clothing presented us with the scissors with white ribbon around it. For the dance, they did this traditional funky chicken dance type of thing... then the headmaster pulled me out of my seat to join in with them, which got them really riled up! Then I got Matthew and the film crew to join in. It was awesome.
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