Village

Village

We visited a small village which is typical of the rural areas.  Here are some pics. 

Village

Shea Tree

This village makes shea butter for so their livelihood. Here is a pic of the shea tree which produces the nuts. These nuts are dried and then the seeds are extracted. The seeds are then roasted and ground using a mortar type mallot. Then they are sent to a grinding mill for finer grinding. When it comes back it is butter.

Village Chief

Roasting the seeds

Here is the Village Chief.  He wanted to marry my Granddaughter! LOL! He has been Chief for 54 years and will continue until he dies. This village has four families who rotate the chief position. When a chief died, it rotates to the next family. Our guide was of the royal family but not of the current chief. He said he could become chief someday if it comes around to him.