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Quote: Among the most unique scenes of summer in Savannah region of Africa is the lunar cycle. With clear sky and nothing to obstruct ones sight, the moon and stars appear crystal clear as the sun does. Constellations could easily be identified with naked eye. Baggara youngsters gather in open places to chat or dance – their singing, clapping and hard beating of ground with their feet could be heard from far a distance. It is very well known as lunar days – locally called by Baggara as layali el sammar. Caravan travelers during lunar days enjoy their rides while being able to see almost as far as during daylight. Baggara grandmothers gather their grandsons to tell them axioms, puzzles, anecdotes, mythical stories and linguistic art of mastering difficult and confusing words such as “Sheikhi salakh sag sheikh el sheikh” – which means: “ my sheikh has slashed the leg of a sheikh who is a sheikh of someone called El Sheikh”. Repeating such a confusing sequences of words quickly for many times can easily identify a dyslexic boy. Baggara’s grandmother are good puzzlers to sharpen their grandsons mental capacities – such as asking a question: “something hitting a grass without making a noise, what is it?” the answer is – light. The grandmother goes on repeating the same question: “something hitting a grass without making a noise, what is it?” the answer is – shade; the grandmother can go on until the kids exhaust all possibilities (you the reader can you think of three or more answers to the question? Possible answers can be: night, day, smoke, smell etc.) In his excellent account of Baggara axioms and sayings, Tijany (2007) said: Baggara puzzles are oxymoron - a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Here in the example cited: hitting should always produce a noise since it implies applying force, but Baggara puzzlers choose not