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Title
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Country
Tanzania
Geographic Location
Manyara Ranch
Photographer
Swenson , Kjersten
Program
The School for Field Studies
Contest Category
People
Description/Reflection
This picture was taken during an academic exercise in which we were supposed to identify animal dung throughout a grassland area , called Manyara Ranch , to determine which animals used the land , otherwise fondly known as "Dung Day ". We had local Maasai guides help us identify the different types of dung . Manyara Ranch is adjacent to Lake Manyara , which during the dry season dries up , leaving a spacious salt bed . Our professors allowed us to go walking on the dried up lake . With the sun at its peak beating down on us and a seemingly-never ending expanse before us, it seemed as if we were walking to our death . My Maasai guide is the subject of this photograph . He joined us on our walk on the dried lake bed , laughing as we squealed as hot tar splashed on our legs . I never learned my Maasai guides ' name for he only spoke Kimaasai and no Kiswahili , but that afternoon was so powerful to me . I feel as if I made a friend with him as he told me names for things such as snakes or feathers in his language and I shared the names in English . This was the first time I interacted with someone from a completely different culture and it was beautiful .
Date Created
2012-09-17
Term of Study Abroad
2012 Fall
Subject
Men
Keywords
Ranch ; Lake Manyara ; Guide
Bethel Affiliation
Student
Photo Scene
General view Rear-view
Resource Type
image/still image
Format
image/jpeg
Copyright Statement
Images and metadata in the Bethel University Study Abroad Collection are provided with permission by the Office of Off-Campus Programs/International Studies. Content for this collection is licensed under a Creative Commons license 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) for attributed, non-commercial, non-derivative works.
Publisher
Bethel University
Source
Office of Off-Campus Programs/International Studies
Language
English
Geographic Coordinates
-3.5000, 36.4167
Contributing Institution
Bethel University
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