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Why old people have grey hair


Why old people have grey hair
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Copyright: Alberto Piubello (albertopiubello) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 356 W: 46 N: 854] (2503)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-23
Categories: Daily Life
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-18 23:51
Viewed: 1073
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
An african tale...
An orphan named Afua was sent from the village of her dead mother to the village of her father to live with the sister of his mother and her husband. But the old couple did not want her. They would not tell her their names and gave her no food to eat until she should call them by their names.
Afua was made to work very hard and given no food so she would leave the village of her father. Everyday, even when she was weak from hunger, Afua had to take the big drum and fill it with water for her uncle and aunt.
She would take the drum to the river and weep because she could not guess their names. The crabs who lived by the river had no shells and lived deep in the mud so that they would not be hurt by animals who came to drink. They heard Afua's misery and decided to help her for they knew that each night the old couple would walk by the river.
That evening when the uncle and aunt were walking in the mud on the banks of the river the crabs pinched the old woman's toes. In her pain she called her husband by name and asked him help her. Then the crabs let her go and pinched instead the toes of the old man. He called out his wife's name and said to her come and let us leave this place where hidden things pinch our feet.
The next morning when Afua came to fill the drum the crabs told her the names. When Afua returned to her uncle and aunt she called them by name and by that they were forced to feed her and let her stay.
The old couple were angry and they knew that the crabs must have said their names to the girl. They gathered calabashes and threw them at the crabs so hard that the gourds stuck on the backs of the crabs. The crabs in turn took mud and threw at the old people and it stuck to their hair and never came off.
This is why crabs now have shells and old people have grey hair, to remind them to be kinder and wiser.
BennyV, lestans, grigand, Silvio1953, vincz, paololg, Wanda1, clio, COSTANTINO, ang25 has marked this note useful
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Che bella storia, Alberto!
Ho una montagnetta di libri di autori africani, racconti e storie che avevo preso in preparazione del viaggio che avrei dovuto fare e che comincio a leggere solo ora.
Mi piace questa signora dagli abiti colorati e dai piedi nudi che guarda verso un cancello aperto!
Ciao!

Livia

Ciao Alberto ,
molto bella e aperta a molte interpretazioni questa tua stupenda foto .
bellissima
Giorgio

Ciao Alberto,
Bella questa immagine, mi piace molto il colore dei vestiti e lo sguardo della signora che guarda chi stà entrando. Bella questa storia.
Ciao
Andrea

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2997 W: 85 N: 5051] (17520)
  • [2008-02-19 14:31]

Super note! je retiendrais l'histoire! J'aime beaucoup l'attitude de cette dame dans cette cour.Elle semble arretee la pour longtemps! comme si le temps s'etait arrete.

Ciao Alberto,
bellissima questa storiella dei granchi, ed il modo popolare che ha la gente povera per giustificare cose, come i capelli grigi, di cui la loro cultura non sarebbe in grado di spiegare. Un pò come capitava dalle nostre parti in campagna il secolo scorso. Purtroppo tante di queste storielle sono andate perse, come si sta estinguendo la ns.cultura popolare, cancellata dal benessere e dall'invasione di terminologie straniere che non ci appartengono, ma che fanno tanto "trend". Ottimo l'abbinamento con questa piacevole fotografia. Grazie.
Paolo.

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  • Wanda1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1278 W: 21 N: 1580] (8337)
  • [2008-02-19 19:34]

Hi Alberto,
I love the story about why old people have grey hair!
The shot is well composed and the woman stands out well from her surroundings in her traditional dress.
Regards
Wanda

Ciao Alberto, bella foto con la signora a piedi nudi e dagli splendidi coloratissimi abiti ben piazzata sulla destra e l'altra figurina in fondo vicino al cancelllo azzurro, bravo, ciao Silvio
PS Grande Chievo, facendo gli scongiuri la A è vicina:)

ciao Alberto, bella questa composizione...
mi piace la diversa posizione delle donne...
spero tu stia bene!
ciao!
Valeria

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  • clio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1430 W: 148 N: 2314] (10815)
  • [2008-02-23 0:35]

Ciao Alberto,
J'aime toujours beaucoup les contes qui expliquent le pourquoi des choses. C'est toujours plein de poésie et d'imagination avec un joli rapport entre les hommes et la nature.
Jolie composition avec ces deux femmes, l'une regardant l'autre partir, cela pourrait être le dernier plan d'un film...
Très belles couleurs également.
Amitiés
Diane

Hello ALBERTO,
Again a nice photo,beautiful colored
image and contrasted colours.
Natural postcard well done..
bRAVO
Costantino

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