Carrying Stuff on the Head
All over Kenya (and a number of other countries too - and not just in Africa) you will find that people carry all manner of exceedingly large objects on their head.Mostly, it is women who carry things this way, but once in a great while you might see men carry things this way.Depending on the type of load, many of the more skilled women are able to do this without using their hands at all. Akward loads do require one hand be used to keep things in balance.The fact that they are able to do this with water jugs, where the liquid obviously sloshes about and can throw the whole thing off balance, is a testament to the skill of those who carry things this way.All of these photos were taken by other travelers, who gave me permission to use them, and the photo collection is noted in the photo caption.Please note that you want to be very careful about taking this type of photo. Many people would...
