From all directions at the market people gather watching helplessly as two young men clobber each other in an attempt resolve their hatred for each other. The road is dusty, stony and dry. One of the men is wrestled to the ground, hits the dry, dusty surface with his head first; he starts to bleed profusely from the cuts he sustains.
This is just one of the many scenes that locals get entertained to at Jebrock on the 25th December, year in, year out. Most of the young men are drunk, while the few remaining sober are clammering all over looking for a young women to lay with. The young girls the tried their best, they are clad in new dresses of various sorts and colors, hoping to be lucky and meet a mister charming.
Most of the people around this market at such a time are local tourists, most of them having come to celebrate their Christmas at Nineveh, the headquarters of African Israel Church, just neighboring Jebrock, where they sing in their church choirs.
Many church headquarters are based in the vicinity;amongst them Pentecostal Assemblies of God, African Israel Nineveh Church,African Divine Church, Sinai Missions and Roho Israel Church; and might have thought the celebration of Christmas would deter the youngsters from committing vice.
This is just one of the intriguing activities that happen to take place in this remote market...the most famous being the Tiriki circumcision ceremonies that takes place every fifth year of the decade........
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
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