City of the Dead

One of the many things I did with the girls when they were here to visit was to go to the cemetary to have a look around and to visit the family i have known there for many years now.....

those of you who have every been on an organised holiday with me will recognise the granny in the shots............. now she lives in the same place (her husband has moved away with the younger wife to set up home elsewhere and left her with her 2 sons and their wives and children)

Michele managed to capture some fabulous images which tell you a lot about their lives...

You should have seen our faces when the mother encourgaed the wee girl to dance, then opened the drawer and handed her this knife to dance with!!!!!!!!!!!!! talk about cultural differences!!!! can you imagine that happening in Uk???!!!

their kitchen consists of that one burner you see in the background of that last shot. They have nothing.... there are 4 adults and 2 children (and maybe more I dont know about) who stay in this one room, that has 2 double beds in it. And yet despite this... they have a great mobile phone- which has all the latest tunes on it, which held high as you dance makes do as a sound system...............

despite having nothing there is always room for dancing, a smile and love.....