Dansk først // English below
Så er det ved at være et par uger siden jeg har skrevet noget her. Der er sket en masse siden sidste opdatering og vi føler os efterhånden hjemme. Derudover kan jeg godt mærke at vi er over halvvejs i vores tid på hospitalet. Der er så lidt tid tilbage og så mange ting vi gerne vil nå. Der er stadig store ting vi gerne vil have repareret inden vi tager hjem; en vaskemaskine, en masse ting i tandlæge afdeling og en “baby-varmer”. Derudover skal vi også lave et projekt, som skal være noget hospitalet har brug for som går ud over at reparere udstyr.
I fredags blev vi inviteret bryllup, en fra hospitalet skulle giftes. Så lørdag kl. 13 tog vi over på hospitalet for at tage til bryllup. Og da vi ankom til hospitalet var der ingen mennesker. Vi ringede til ham der havde inviteret os som fortalte at kirken lå i en anden by end Marangu. Det endte med at han sagde at han ville komme og hente os når han var færdig med bryllupsforberedelserne. To timer senere kommer han og samler os op for at køre hen til kirken. Eftersom vi var to timer forsinkede forventede vi at ceremonien var slut, men alle var lige ved at gå ind i kirken da vi ankom. Så som alt andet her i Tanzania var det hele forsinket. Efter brylluppet
kørte vi alle hen til receptionen i en parade med et orkester forrest som spillede musik og gæsterene i pyntede biler bagved. Selve receptionen involverede en masse dans. Først dansede vi, sammen med en masse andre kvinder, rundt om bilen med brudeparret i. Derefter vi vi ind og satte os ved et bord og fik banansuppe. Så kom nogle ældre kvinder dansende ind efterfulgt at brudepigerne som dansede gennem rummet. Receptionen blev holdt i en stor sal, næsten som en lade, der var pyntet med stof i hvide, blå og orange farver. Til sidst kom brudeparret ind til musik og satte sig på en lille scene foran alle gæsterne. Det var program fra kl. 6 til kl. 11 med alle mulige mærkelige traditioner. Der var præsentation af alle gæsterne (vi gik ind under kollegaer fra hospitalet), en dans hvor alle dansede rundt mellem bordene og skålede med hinanden, vi dansede op og viste vores gaver til brudeparret, alle brudeparrets forældre fik kangaer (store tørklæder) viklet om sig som gaver. Midt i det hele var der selvfølgelig mad, og der var vild meget mad. Vi fik ris, pilau (brune ris med oksekød), bananstuvning, salat, grønne bønner, søde kartofler, brune bønner, stegt kylling, mørt oksekød i en sovs og gedekød. Geden var helstegt og blev kørt ind foran gæsterne hel med hoved og ben, hvilket åbenbart er en tradition i Marangu. Brylluppet var stort og halvdelen af personalet fra hospitalet var med, både overlægen, tre andre læger, dem fra labratoriet, noget af rengøringspersonalet og flere af hospitalets alt-mulig-mænd.
Søndag tog mig og Louise hen og slappede af ved Marangu vandfald, som er stort og flot. I denne uge arbejdet vi selvfølgelig på en masse forskelligt udstyr og skal i gang med vores projekt. Næste fredag er der helligdag så hospitalet er lukket bortset fra et par sygeplejesker der passer de patienter der er indlagt. Så vi tager til Tanga, som ligger ud til havet.
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I has been a couple of weeks since my last update. A lot has happend since and we have started to feel at home here. I am starting to realise how little time we have left in our time at the hospital. There are so much we want to do and so little time to do it. There are still some big things we want to fix; the washing machine, a lot of stuff in the dental department and an infant warmer. Besides that we have to do a secundary project, which have to be besides fixing medical equipment. Last friday we got invited to a wedding, one of the hospital staff was getting married. So saturday at 1 pm we went to the hospital to go to the wedding. At the hospital there were no people. We called the guy who invited us to the wedding who told us that the church was in another city than Marangu. It ended with him promising us that he would pick us up and take us to the church. Two hours later he came to pick us up. The fact that we were two hours late we thought the ceremioni was over. But people was just about to enter the church when we arrived. As everything else in Tanzania it was all late. After the wedding we drove in a parade to the reception with the band first playing music and all the guests in cars with ribbons. The reception was a lot of dancing. At first we danced with a lot of other women around the car with the bride and groom. After that we went inside and got bananasoup.Then some old ladies came dancing in to their tables and after that the bridemaids was dancing though the room. The reception was held in a big room decorated in white, blue and orange. At the end the bride and groom came in to music and sat on a stage in front of all the guests. There was a program from 6 till 11 with all kinds of wird traditions. There were presentation of all the guests (we were a part of “colleagues from the hospital”), a dance where we danced around the table clicking the glasses, we danced up and showed our gifts the the married couple and both the bride and grooms parants got kangas wrapped around them as gifts. I the middle of all the dancing we got food of cause, and a lot of food! We got pilau (brown rice with meat), bananastew, salat, green beans, sweet potatos, brown beans, fried chicken, meat in sauce and goat. The goat was fried whole and bought in in front of the guests with legs and head. It is a tradition in Marangu. The wedding was big and half the hospital staff was invited, both the doctor in charge, three other doctors, the labratory staff, cleaning staff, and several of the handymen.
Sunday Louise and I went to Marangu waterfalls to relax. The waterfalls is big and very beautiful. This week we are working on a lot of equipment and are going to start in our secundary project. Next friday is a national holiday and the hospital is going to be closed except from a couple of nurses taking care of the patients. So we are going to Tanga, which is a city at the beach.