So, hopefully Minwax doesn't find this blog and sue me for copyright infringement, but I couldn't resist the title(Sorry to all of you out there who don't know wood stains).
Anyways, one of the most interesting things I experienced at my Rural Homestay was the smearing of cow dung on the mud floor of the kitchen hut. Believe it or not they actually used this to "clean" the floor. My mom started by mixing some ashes from our fire into a basin of water then went out to find a few fresh cow pies. She mixed the ash-water together with the cow dung until it was the consistency she wanted and then proceeded to smear it over the entire floor of our Kitchen house. She made sure I took pictures ;) and you can find them here, along with others from my homestay: http://picasaweb.google.com/JustinStruik/RuralHostFamilyHome?authkey=ubeYLmBg0FE
Apparently this process is done every week or two to keep the kitchen floor clean. My host-mom in Mukono was telling me last night that if it is not done, these nasty little flies that we have had on our chickens a few times come around, so this is done to prevent them. Anyways, that is just one little story I wanted to share about my Rural homestay, there is more to come later...
Justin
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