Swapping Spit with the Neighbors

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Mine is the pink one.

When I shifted to my new site last May, I soon noticed, at the huts right next door, a nightly gathering of people who partake in the Ugandan cultural social tradition of sipping from a communal pot with long straws. This was something I just had to try, though the practice certainly contributes to the high rate of alcoholism in this country. Joining my new neighbors helps me integrate too.

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Some of the straws are like rigid aluminum. Mine is a flexible rubber tube attached to bamboo.

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After the initial tastes, I generally faked sipping to avoid the inevitable sharing of saliva.

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There is a metal filter attached. The participants just take and return a straw to a barrel. I suppose they might be identifiable. I took mine home and boiled it in the rice cooker.

A sound system plays music to lend itself to a party atmosphere and there is a bit of dancing, I watched a mother suckle her child while she indulged (ugh).

It was interesting, but not something I would do too often. Azedy tells me there is another regular group next to the hospital composed of doctors, engineers and other professionals. He says I might find the conversation with them to be more stimulating, so I hope to give my straw another workout in the future.