Most of us had had the typical Lesotho dress attire (Sechoechoe) custom made for us which made all of the photo opportunities quite colorful. The Peace Corps had set up a series of tents for the dignitaries, the Peace Corps Trainees - soon to be Peace Corps Volunteers, and the host families. It was quite impressive to see nearly everyone from the surrounding villages come to witness the event.
The ceremony was long, yet really quite impressive. A local female preacher spoke at length, a number of officials from Maseru (the Capitol City) spoke, representatives from surrounding villages spoke and of course, our Country Director, Wendy Van Damme, addressed us all. I would have to say that our favorite speaker was one of our very own, Neel, who had scored the highest on the Language Proficiency exam a few days earlier.
We were also graced with some of the native dances of Lesotho, as well as a full spread of food and "joala" following the event. We have decided that the Bo-'Me had been cooking for days beforehand as there was food for every single attending the event. It was a massive outdoor picnic with people sitting around everywhere delighting in the feast - one of the very few, I am sure, that they will ever have in the area.
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