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Matoke


Matoke
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Copyright: Jan Vranken (Mangoman) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 179 W: 9 N: 81] (829)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-02-07
Categories: Daily Life, Food, Transportation, Portrait
Camera: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL, Tamron 75-300
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Uganda Monitor Mission
Date Submitted: 2009-07-27 9:54
Viewed: 196
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Matoke.....Uganda's main dish is made with bananas....abundant in the fertile south.

Uganda is capable of producing food - about a quarter of its land is fertile and arable. Staple foods include solidified maize meal porridge served with beans or a meat sauce of beef, goat or mutton. At the reserves, wild game is often available.

National specialties:
• Matoke (a staple made from bananas).
• Millet bread.
• Cassava (a root that is commonly made into flour).
• Chicken and beef stews.
• Fried crickets.

National drinks:
• Waragi (a local millet-based alcohol).
• Pombe (locally made fermented banana beer).

So...Bananas are very important !

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Impressive image. I really like the guy in the cowboy boots and jeans :) That's something my dad would be seen wearing here in Va :) And he seems to be wondering the same thing I am, how in the world is he going to ride that bike with all those Bananas?! TFS!!!

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  • akg Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 189 W: 0 N: 92] (1140)
  • [2009-07-27 11:04]

Thank you for bringing a slice of life from there. I remember Henry Belafonte's the banana song. Nice composition!
Regards, abhijit.

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  • bri Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 393 W: 1 N: 468] (2489)
  • [2009-07-27 15:43]

Hi Jan,
Beautiful composition in this slice of daily life, great DoF used in this image and the colours are brilliant.
Bri

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