This morning our favorite chicken farmer Ahmad (see previous post with the pink chicks) invited Morgan and I to go with him and his brother to buy chickens this afternoon. We took a bus across town to the farmers market, it was quite a bit different than any farmers market I've been to, in fact it was much more like a chaotic 4-H gathering. Today is a busy day for the market as the day after tomorrow marks the beginning of the holiday of Eid al-Sacrifice during which everyone supposedly slaughters a goat or sheep.
Ahmad with a pigeon
They call these "bunnies". I suppose GuineaPIG would be haram to eat.
Porcupine
Some weird feline/lynx thingy that kept hissing
Everyone in the souq wanted their picture taken with the animals, this guy was especially persistent.
"cowboy" and camel
The sea of sheep
A couple of herders
Goat!
Success! Ahmad with new chicken in hand on the bus ride home.
3 comments:
Do you suppose they eat the lynx looking thing? Nate you should buy it as pet, bring it home and let is loose in the city. Imagine the articles in the paper about this strange citing of a cat like animal running ramped through the city of portland eating small animals and children?
Oh yeah have you rode a camel yet? I hear they spit!
Opps! I did not read below far enough. I read you rode a camel in Dabai. A little rough on the bum Huh?
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