a pot balances
on her bald head-
banana ring

From Winslause Yamame


That's a very nice Kenya haiku! The banana ring is a ring made of
banana fibre, which a woman places on her head in order to be able to
carry an earthenware pot of water or indeed any other burden that
needs a little padding so as not to hurt the scalp.

There is a good image here :

http://tinyurl.com/2awooay

And here is an image of the ring in use on the head of a child :

http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyers/stockphoto.asp?imageid=1402031


Isabelle.


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Thanks to Winslause for bringing another Kenya topic to our attention.

You see, your daily life is full of things worth writing a haiku about !

Well done

Gabi