Baobab trees hold a place of significance in many parts of West Africa. It is said they house spirits and are often the protectors of a village and its people. This particular baobab is estimated to be a few hundred years old, and its presence led the village to be founded there. Though held to be a sacred tree, people are free and encouraged to climb and play in it, illustrating the mix of sacred and profane, extraordinary and ordinary that so often characterizes ways of being.

Chris climbed the tree. While climbing he scared the snot out a kid who was also climbing the tree. The kid jumped out of the tree in fright!