This past Sunday at church, we all gathered at a nearby house where people had collected lots of palm leaves. We then processed into our church singing with the palm leaves. Once inside the sanctuary, we waved our palm leaves while saying “Hosanna doomu David!” (Hosanna, son of David!).
For the Christian religion, this was the day that Jesus paraded into Jerusalem on a donkey and the people greeted him with palm leaves.
After this procession, there was a long scripture reading – in Wolof. So my recollection and comprehension went downhill for the rest of the service…Anyway, it was nonetheless a special day and I went home and read about it in an English Bible afterwards.
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Byron Yee
Peace Corps Volunteer - Senegal, 2009
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