THE DIARY GAME: 11 /06/2021 THE BURIAL OF MY NEIGHBORS DAUGHTER

Greatings dr steemians and trust we all are doing great , to day has been a really sad day for me to have bereid some one we really loved.
As to day was the burial of my neighbors daughter who did some 2 weeks ago , i woke up very early by 5:30 am to go join the other youth to dick the grave as is the custom in our culture.

as the grave digging is going on, the family provided drinks , boiled corn and groundnut as is also a very followed cultureral practice from back in the days,, I was soon join by @thegreens who brought serious motivation, with the arrival of one parket of whisky to inspire the digging

By 8 am the council of elders arive to and motivated us to cultural stories and told us stories of life back in the days of their youth

While the grave digging was going on in the back yard, the decoration and sound system was being set up infront.

We finished digging the grave at 9:15 am and waited for the corpse which arive by mid-day, after prayers and words from the family it was buried by 2 pm

After the burial by 3 pm ,while others were taking some refreshments ,the arse was flooded with people watching as cultural dance groups took turns from the simple to the scary

During this dances , I had time to do some family photos with the kids in the compound.

I arrive home by 7:45 pm very tired that I did not even noticed when I slept off.