Lentorama 2019: Resurrect My Globe!
Day 35: Senegal
Going into Good Friday, Christians in Senegal will prepare a dish called ngalakh which they'll eat to break the fast and over the holiday weekend. It's made with millet, nut paste (often peanuts), the fruit of the baobab tree, sugar, vanilla, and orange blossom.
When they're not eating this dish, Senegalese are packing up containers of it to give to neighbors and friends, which is interesting as it's likely the vast majority of them aren't Christian (over 90 percent of the population follow Islam). It's not unusual in Senegal to distribute food at the end of any religious holiday, regardless of the religious background of the people you're feeding. Which is a nice reminder that we can all get along, and food probably helps.
15 April 2019
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