Children dancing around a new church bell, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

"Freudenreigen um die neue Glocke" ("Celebrating the new bell"). Men carrying a trunk to which the bell is tied. Children dancing around them. On the left hand side people watching. Surrounded by trees.; Possibly a church bell of the Moshi(?) or Gonja(?) congregation. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.