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In Burkina Faso, West Africa, Muslim families celebrate the birth of a child on the 7th day after birth. Women throughout Ouagadougou - friends and family - congregate at the mother's house on the morning of the baptism to help cook for guests. Here, women strain water through millet to make a traditional millet drink.
© 2010 by Irene Abdou