Coke and other Coca-Cola branded bottles for re-use, inside the bottle distributor in Harar.
Month: November 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
A very Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers, and especially my family and friends back in the States, most of whom I have not seen in over a year. I am looking forward to returning to California over the holidays (23rd December to 12th January), and will hope to see you then. Also to my friends here in Ethiopia, at the U. S. Embassy Addis Ababa, who have kindly hosted me and whom I will likely also miss having Thanksgiving with, due to a planned Axum trip.
Take care, all.
The Coke Shop, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Coke Ads, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
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Suggestive and sexualized coke advertising, in the form of this poster, is all over the city of Harar.
All this week: Coke ads in Harar.
“Follow me for refreshment” #2, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
A woman covers her head as she walks through the exhaust from the cola truck. Whether due to the exhaust or the camera, I cannot say.
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Incongruous Coca-Cola advertising in Harar, a elsewhere in Ethiopia, is an ommnipresent aspect of the landscape. To see such a colorful and professional vehicle, among plain and run-down cars and trucks on the dusty walled streets of Harar, is quite strange.
All this week: Coke ads in Harar.
“Follow me for refreshment” #1, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Two children play next to the Coca-Cola truck, parked in the street market of Harar.
The coca-cola truck drives off in a cloud of its own exhaust.
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Incongruous Coca-Cola advertising in Harar, a elsewhere in Ethiopia, is an ommnipresent aspect of the landscape. To see such a colorful and professional vehicle, among plain and run-down cars and trucks on the dusty walled streets of Harar, is quite strange.
All this week: Coca-Cola ads in Harar.
Street Market, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
A busy street market stretches from outside of the the Jubol, the old walled city, inside, through one of Harar’s gates.
Street Seller, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009″
A typical small spice seller sets up alongside the street in Harar.
Window, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Hyena Feeding, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
The people of Harar have traditionally had a special relationship with hyenas, which, in addition to their role as scavengers, are believed to be able to carry off evil spirits by passing near a person so affected. The feeding of hyenas is carried out at two sites currently; one, the more popular with tourists, is at a muslim shrine (the locals are Sufis) outside the walls, and the feeder is the man who keeps the shrine. In addition to putting on a show of how close he gets to the animals while handing them their strips of camel meat, he will also let visitors feed the hyenas, handing them a stick pre-laden with meat, which the guest can then hold out for the hyenas. I fed them a few times, but did not take any photos while doing so.