Saturday 2 February 2008

Mystical Gambian trees

JALOO a bitter huge tree use for curing tummy ache. also they use to say it stop wichcraft what ever evidence they have i don't know. SANTAN, a santan is also a tree use for making fragrance. they slice its body and leave it to release a kind of liguid which is use as a churye or local fragrance.the sarahulehs like this kind of medicinal fragrance. some even put under it under the mosquitor net in the summer season. very nice smell.Another mystical tree is BAMTAN .a bantan is also use in anceint times as idol.Tabou . a tabo is a tree that bear fruits. it is nice .tabo aslo use to be used for adol worship. some will leave offerng under the tree and even kill animals for idol under a tabou.another mystical tree is Sotoo. a sotoo is use for many kinds of medicines. they claim to even use it in curing infatility for women. it is also use for many other purposes. in days gone ,the circumcise boys are usually lodged under a sotoo .a huge circular tent is build arround the sotoo .Also Sitoo .many knows about sitoo.This is use for food. its fruit is use in making local beverages and also as an add-on in the delicious mono.

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