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Aerialists in Tanzania

I am an amateur aerialist.  I puzzle Tanzanians by rigging my silks outside and playing on them.  I get visiting volunteers to try it because they look funny doing it.  I sometimes try teaching Tanzanians but most of the ones who are interested don't speak English very well, and my Kiswahili isn't up to giving directions like "flip over backwards and stick your feet through the loop, land on your hips and flip over." After one young man got stuck and couldn't understand how I was saying to get down I got a little scared of trying to teach Tanzanians.  










Now that I've moved to Mbeya I have a slightly less convenient rig point off an abandoned crane, but it still works.