Darboe Sankaa, Thanks and keep up the good work down there!! Regards, Basss. ************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luntang" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:09 PM Subject: Re: Ramadan delayed,Ramadan all the same!! > Bass don't worry for the Baddibukas in Scandinavia I already made > arrangement with Saikou Touray to supply them from his stored Mankanasoo . > For those in USA I will see to it that they also get some . > > Darboe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Momodou S Sidibeh" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:31 PM > Subject: Re: Ramadan delayed,Ramadan all the same!! > > > Bass, > > Definitely, no ruse whatsoever from Kartong. My concern is our tradition of > subsidising the cost of sugar for families back home during this holy month > of Ramadan without helping the explosive growth of our population of > diabetics. Infact how do we deal with that? > > I do not know about these, well, famous Baddibunkas, and other folk from > Basse. (One famous Baddibunka I know is Saul Gassama, who is a true Moslem > through and through). All I know is that a great deal of "politically > procured sugar" is usually consigned for distribution in Dippa Kunda during > Ramadan. As you know, down here in the North, we will be fasting effectively > not for more than ten hours. Its autumn and its cold and dark and without > sunlight. Fasting will be the easiest thing even for folk from Basse, I > suppose. Keep up the Good work down there. > > Sidibeh > > > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bass Drammeh" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:27 PM > Subject: Ramadan delayed,Ramadan all the same!! > > > Folks, > Before wishing well and praying for the entire Gambia-L family > on account of the advent of the Holy month of Ramadan,I would like to inform > about the enormous amount of energy and effort expended by some folks in > Basse,Badibou and Kartong these past few days to discourage others from > looking for the new moon just so that Ramadan would be delayed for one more > day.Its amazing the lenght to which some people are prepared to go for that > extra afternoon bite one more time!! > > Somebody has even intimated that he has seen a Badibunka who was seriously > thinking of taking a French Leave to Mauritania,the only country in the > Moslem world not to consider Fasting a pillar of Islam, just so he also > wouldn't have to go through the "ordeal".Some folks would do practically > anything when the comfort of their stomachs is threatened. > > Delayed or not,its here nonetheless and I guess these folks must learn to > live with it.Afterall, its only thirty days or less.Ramadan Kareem and peace > and prosperity to everyone in this L-family. > > Regards, Basss! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.410 / Virus Database: 231 - Release Date: 2002-10-31 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~