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Babies & toddlers are tranquil after sweat bath. Rosycheeked, drowsy. As are we adults. I'm gonna help prepare food, then eat&sleep. 'Night!
about 7 hours ago
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Mom of house mashing boiled tomato & chile tepin to make salsa (ik' in K'iche'), we'll eat w highland corn tamales, black bean paste.
about 7 hours ago
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Everyone relaxes &dries out around fire hearth after tuuj. You're totally high & happy. Then, maybe some hot drink & noms, then deep dream.
about 7 hours ago
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Herb they use in sweat bath, green-brown branches, is "Keewuk" in K'iche'. "Hoja de tabaco," but I can't tell if it's botanically tobacco.
about 7 hours ago
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I just got out of the sweat bath. Feel content, stoned. Face rosy red. Huddled around wood cook fire, mom & daughter making corn tortillas.
about 7 hours ago
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Mom, dad, babies. Inside, glowing rocks, tins of hot &cold water, branches of fragrant herbs. Climate here v cold, tuuj cleans & warms u up.
about 7 hours ago
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Tonight is 1 of 2 nights in the week when folks in this K'iche village bathe in tuuj (sweat bath, rocks, fire, steam). Whole family goes in.
about 7 hours ago
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@ *many* women like her here. NGOs like Fundacion Sobrevivientes do brave, valuable work. But she was in front of me, couldnt not help
about 9 hours ago
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in reply to brhfl
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Will give her donated $ tmrw & go w her to buy stove 4 safe house where she & 8yo daughter r. Thank you all. Will eml pix &rcpts to donors.
about 11 hours ago
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Wow. The power of Twitter. In 30 min, received $ to cover cost of cooking stove for abuse survivor & her child, & related emrgency needs!
about 11 hours ago
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I will share documentation with anyone who donates that the funds went to the promised use. Will be publishing more about her story, too.
about 12 hours ago
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@ apols! If youd like to chip in to buy her a stove, Paypal me @ xenijardin@earthlink.net, email me @@xeni.net & let me know!
about 12 hours ago
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Am intrigued w possibility of using same gear for a citizen media project here in rural Guatemala. Cheap, small, modest, easy, good quality.
about 12 hours ago
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On a technical note, recording all video so far on this trip to guatemala w Kodak zi8 & Azden WMS-Pro wireless mic system. So far so good.
about 12 hours ago
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I'm going to try and connect her and the other women in her community with Fundacion Sobrevivientes.
about 12 hours ago
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She needs $125 now to buy small stove so she can cook for self & child, safe &away from abuse. If anyone wants to donate a few $, DM/e me.
about 12 hours ago
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Her situation sadly not uncommon. Going to try and hook her up with support for project. Incredible bravery, force, fearlessness. Am in awe.
about 12 hours ago
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Tzujutil woman "I wanted to kill myself before I escaped. Parents forced me to return to him. Only reason I didnt commit suicide: my child."
about 13 hours ago
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Just recorded video intvu w 27yo Tzujutil woman &daughter, victims of horrific physical & sexual abuse. From indig village nr Lake Atitlan.
about 13 hours ago
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intvu was w mom, but daughter present. had to stop because child was retraumatized. Mom wants to create womens shelter for self & others.
about 13 hours ago
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- Name Xeni Jardin
- Location where data flows
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- Bio Curator of Internet Esoterica, Anomalies, and Curiosities. @boingboing co-editor, @boingboingvideo host/exec producer.
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