Last saturday, while waiting for the ICE Club meeting, in the playground of EPP (Public Primary School) Analakely, I was attracted by children’s shouts of joy. They were 5 guys and 1 girl playing football. Their ball was special. They made it by themselves. They winded a rope round some used plastic bags and pieces of rag and that’s it. They seemed to have their own rules but repeated from time to time , I guess, words they could hear on radio or TV ‘corner’ and ‘penalty’. They were so cute
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July 5, 2010 at 9:05 pm
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July 16, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Tahina
Reminds me of my childhood. There are also those lemon’s players in the markets, you should shot them some time