ethiopia and futurama

Ethiopia

For more than a millennium, tribesman
still harvest the wild coffee berries.

Ethiopian Harrar: Spicy, fruity and wine like.

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe: Flowery fragrance

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Over the weekend, I watched a program on the
travel channel, about a tribe in Ethiopia, who
built their own beehives, and showed how they
smoke the bees out to get to the honeycomb.

Also, it showed how they bury their dead.
To wrap the body, they climbed a tree
to chisel enough bark off to wrap the body.
The care they took in digging out the grave,
to covering the body with the bark, to the burying
of the body was very moving.

I didn't catch why at one time they used
the bark of trees for clothing, and now use
the leaves instead.

They also showed how they made
and decorated their pottery. I must say,
the end result was very beautiful.

After watching this program, I again
realized how complicated we have made
our lives, compared to others around
the world.

What you will hear:

Richard Brautigan speaking about coffee
Psyche Rock by Pierre Henry - 1967
Futurama Theme last clip (sound familiar?)