Ethnographer story

 Baker Croyle 

Mr. Roddy 

IHSS 

24 August 2021 


Ethnographer Story 

A new island located off of the African coast was just recently discovered and explored by me. The island seemed to be uninhabited from the near coast and people had not been seen. I prepared by bag and set off on a small boat towards the island. The rough water made it difficult for me to steer and I began to turn towards the left side of the island to keep the waves from coming over the boat. As I arrived at the beach, I was greeted by the sound of drums and bells coming from the forest. I retrieved my things and set off towards the the sounds. As I approached the sound I began to see that I was walking on a path that seemed to have been used many years ago. I began to see small houses with leafy roofs and open windows that were up on stilts. I presumed that this was to prevent the houses from washing away in a hurricane. As I arrived at the area that the drums were coming from, I saw a group of people dancing in a circle and yelling in a foreign language. I approached the people and as soon as they saw me they stopped what they were doing and came up to me. I was silent for a minute until a man from the group gave me a drum. I assumed that they were inviting me to join. I followed him and I spent the rest of the day with the locals. The next morning I returned to Africa to share my experience 

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