Beanie cap

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Beanie cap, beanie hat, mavin

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Cool dry season
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

A beanie is a type of cap that is put for warmth.
It completely covers your head except for the face. The children here are allowed to put on beanies, especially in nursery school, during these cold seasons. children beanies are of different colours, mostly red and green. Some have two dangling balls attached with a strings on top of the cap, that bounce when the kids walk or run.

I also see adults wearing beanies, mostly the hard working men and women who wake up very early in the morning to go to Marigiti (One of the biggest grocery markets in the city center, Next to Muthurwa Hawkers Market), and more recently, I have seen a number of BODA BODA drivers are wearing them, especially those who dont have helmets or before putting on the protective helmet. Even the ears are covered so you feel warm enough.

Caleb Mutua

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beanie with Ninja Turtles


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June cold--
two kids run to school
with a beanie each

Caleb Mutua, June 2010


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a beanie left
on the clothesline --
rainy noon

Catherine Njeri


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shivering --
my sister is wearing
her torn beanie

Lucy Mukuhi



hot morning --
my brother struggling to remove
his beanie

Stephen Macharia


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BEANIES AND MAVENS
I have observed lot of children and even adults with them and there is an increased use by the motorcycle riders.

marble game--
an assorted colour beanie
on his head

shivering--
the boy pulls his maven
to cover the ears

James Bundi


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