Cabbage

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Cabbage

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Short rains
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

Even though heads of green cabbages are available throughout the year, it is noticeable that they are in plenty at the start of the short rains. Those who walk around will notice that heaps of cabbages can be seen in market places and on roadsides at this time. Although they are of different sizes, one will observe that they are relatively cheap and they are the preferred vegetables in most homes during this season.

Some grocers, to avoid the flooded markets, slice them and pack them into thin plastic bags and then hawk them around to those who cannot have access to the busy markets. This may be a problem for the village “mama mboga” (vegetable stall) who could suffer from this competition.

Text by Andrew Otinga

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Cabbage vendor on the way to the market


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MORE PHOTOS
by Caleb David Mutua






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Worldwide use

Japan

kigo for early summer

kyabetsu キャベツ cabbage
... kanran 甘藍 (かんらん) , tamana 玉菜（たまな）"leaves ball"

SAIJIKI
Summer Vegetables


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU


cabbage heap-
a grocer winking
at me


Soweto slum-
a cabbage vendor calls
at the gate


muddy puddle-
the stench of a
rotten cabbage

Andrew Otinga


***** More Cabbage Haiku from Kenya


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Related words

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