Murals and Rain Dances
Category: Chimpanzee, Tacugama | Date: Feb 16 2008 | By: admin
Santos the artist has completed his beautiful work improving the visitor areas within the sanctuary with his artwork! We are proud of his creations and would like to share some of them with you. The school kids seem to love them and Mosses and Willie are inspired to tell more stories to the kids and visitors standing in front of the murals.
Mosses talking about Pinkie to the school children
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More of the murals around camp
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Here in Sierra Leone we are in the middle of the dry season which goes from November to May. The Harmattan winds from the Sahara blow dry and charged with sand. Everywhere is dusty and dry. It is interesting to note that usually around the end of January or beginning of February we have one single day of heavy tropical rain. Just ONE and it was last week! I don’t know about meteorology and the reasons why this happens, but it is very welcome water. The following morning the sky was bright blue, fresh and not a grain of dust. Of course the chimps seem to enjoy this special single wet day too. Chimps seem to enjoy performing rain dances, and even though I didn’t see them doing it, I could tell they had a muddy playful time….
Perform & Musu (right)
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Perform
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Bala Amarasekaran abandoned his original career as an accountant to establish Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in 1995. Together with the Government of Sierra Leone, he is working to secure the welfare and future of chimpanzees in Sierra Leone.
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Donations Received
- Nov 17th Christine C. USD20.00
- Nov 16th Wanda H. USD27.50
- Nov 15th Lucia C. USD100.00
- Nov 11th Yang H. USD20.00
- Nov 11th Tania M. USD66.00
- Nov 10th Kathy S. USD22.00
- Nov 9th Jill W. USD86.90
- Nov 4th Yvonne M. USD55.00
- Nov 1st Amy M. USD10.00
- Nov 1st Yang H. USD20.00
- Oct 24th Raúl C. USD79.00
- Oct 18th Simone S. USD86.90
- Oct 17th Christine C. USD20.00
- Oct 16th Brian W. USD86.90
- Oct 15th Helen S. USD86.90
- Oct 13th Lucia C. USD100.00
- Oct 12th Elisabeth C. USD86.90
- Oct 1st Yang H. USD20.00
- Sep 19th Arturo M. USD22.00
- Sep 18th Michael L. USD79.00
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7 Responses to “Murals and Rain Dances”
Virginia, on 17 Feb 2008
Dirty Chimps!!! Would be great to capture some of their dances under the rain.
THERESA SISKIND, on 17 Feb 2008
Love the murals, so colorful and lively. My favorite is the 3rd one, beautiful. Very interesting about this one day of rain in the midst of the dry season, our chimps look so happy! Perform looks downright excited. Hope little Gaura can take part in all the action soon. Great post!
Lucia Cristiana, Brazil, on 17 Feb 2008
Wonderful murals! Our chimps are children playing and singing in the rain. Tacugama is a beautiful and cozy environment for humans and chimps. Thank you.
Lucia Cristiana, Brazil, on 17 Feb 2008
I will love to see my baby little Gaura healthy, singing and dancing in the rain.
paula, on 18 Feb 2008
Amazing paintings. What is that funky looking bird?
sheryl, washington dc, on 18 Feb 2008
The murals are beautiful, as are the muddy chimps. Looks like they had a good time playing in the rain.
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Tacugama, on 18 Feb 2008
The bird is a Picathartes or white necked Rockfowl, only found in 5 West African countries including Sierra Leone and listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red list of threatened species.
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