Tuesday, 8 January 2008

Dancing in the streets


The Three Kings arrived in Sucre last Sunday to announce the end of the Christmas period and to provide another wonderful opportunity for dancing in the street. First was the church service, in which Los Masis (the group Bonno plays with) performed their groovy, Andean, repertoire. Many members of the community had brought Baby Jesus, beautifully dressed and adorned with Christmas decorations, from their nativity scenes for a last blessing. At the end of the service we all followed a procession of cars and prams that were completely covered in toys, fake dollar notes, flowers, silver and other good luck charms. Los Masis provided musical colour and we followed them through the town to someone´s living room, where alcohol and deep fried doughnuts were waiting.

Thursday, 3 January 2008

Confetti

At 12 pm on the 31st of December there was a deafening sound of fireworks in the Plaza. Not the pretty type, but the annoying sort that just make a lot of noise. People were happily shooting them at each other without any health and safety precautions. Cider was also being sprayed around lavishly and the crowd was covered in confetti: red for love, blue for the sky, green for sincerity, yellow for money, white for purity, orange for married partnerships and pink for falling in love. Many many Happy New Year´s wishes to everyone!