An annual dance is performed in Mambo-Bafut. I am invited as guests of honour by chief Wankie.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon chief Wanki takes a seat on his thrown.
The Celtic Festival and Highland Games, Richmond Virginia
A large tray of Baklava at one of Amman's sweet shops. Filled with pistachios and oozing with syrup, they are guaranteed to make you want more.
Sweets on display at a Zalatimo Brothers shop in Amman, Jordan
Apart from the fresh pastries made daily, Zalatimo produce hand made chocolates and sugared almonds. Sugared almonds are an ancient tradition that dates back to the Roman Empire.
The shops are an attraction themselves. Large trays of neatly arranged pastries are placed on gleaming stands making the displays even more attractive.
Faisaleh pastries are made with a thin, thread like pastry which is shaped into triangles and filled with bright green pistachios. After baking they are dipped into syrup in the traditional middle eastern way.
'Quechquemitl of industrial and handspun cotton, plain and curved weaves, embroidered in cross stitch; blouse of industrial cotto muslin, embroidered with mercerized cotton in running stitch; sash of handspun wool colored with synthetic dyes, plain weave; wrap-around skirt of handspun wool, upper webs of plain weave, bottom web of double weave in cotton and wool dyed with synthetic purple.' Yuhu (Otomi) people of the Northern Sierra, Puebla, Mexico. In the Capilla de Rosario.
In the centuries-old Capilla de Rosario, dozens of handmade mannequins help bring to life traditional dress from Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Congo, Peru, Japan, China and all over Mexico.
The Middle East is not all about conflict and problems. There is much beauty and culture to be discovered there.