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Termites!!!! 

アリの事です。
こっちでは”Kumbikumbi”と呼ばれているようです。
It's a type of ants called "Kumbikumbi" here.

今日は朝から結構雨が降った。
朝食のウジを飲んでる子どもらを監視中、ふと外を見ると、土砂降りの中、大量の虫が空を舞っている。
It was raining this morning.
While watching boys having their breakfast, I looked out the window and saw uncountable number of insects flying in the sky in the heavy rain.

バッタ？にしては飛距離が長い。
Grasshoppers? No, they do not fly that high and that long.
トンボ？にしては胴体が短い。
Dragonflies? No, they usually have a long body.

その虫はゆっくり飛んでるので、木で休んでいる鳥たちの格好の餌食となっていた。
They were flying so slow that birds resting on the tree could catch them without an effort.

朝食後、雨が止み、外に出るとその虫が地面を這っていた。
体の4倍以上あるであろう大きな羽を4枚引きずりながら。
Rain's gone. I went outside after the breakfast and saw those insects crawling the ground taxing their 4 big wings. 4 times bigger than their body.

すると生徒が”Mwalimu～～～（先生～～～！！！）”と駆け寄ってきた。手にいっぱいの虫を握りながら。
Then, "Mwalimu!!! (Teacher!!)", one of the boys came up to me with handful insects.

めちゃ嬉しそう。めっちゃ笑顔。
He looked so happy putting a huge smile on his face which I've never seen.

”先生知ってる？これめっちゃうまいねんでぇ”と両手いっぱいの虫を口に放り込んだ。
"You know, teacher? they are so tasty!!" and he said throwing them in his mouth.

ケニアでは”Kumbikumbi（くんびくんび）”と呼ばれ、雨期に大量発生するこの虫は、お腹に油分があって、それがとっても美味らしい。
He said those insects were called "Kumbikumbi" which come out so many during rainy season.
They are with some oily stuff in their stomach, which is, they say, so tasty.

この時期になると家庭でも炒ったKumbikumbiをウガリと一緒に食べるらしい。
During this season in Kenya, mom fries them on a pan and serve them with Ugali.

百聞は一見にしかず。”今度”挑戦しよう。
Seeing is believing. I think I'll try "next time". Not yet.



これが巷で噂の"Kumbikumbi"

 

みんなめちゃ嬉しそう。満面の笑顔。



”ばくっ”といくのが、Wamumu way.