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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

"Fixer Uppers" has Nothing on Ethiopian Decorating

Sorry I was sick yesterday so no picture. Today I wanted to show you part of my friend's house. The typical way to decorate houses here is with the poster of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. T
he hand made grass woven thing is traditionally used to sort grains and things from impurities. I don't know why but all the furniture in the rural areas are painted in this weird mottled coloration. Finally, the fake flowers, I don't really even know what to say about them, but they all love them. Even in the coffee places they have them scattered around.
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