A few weeks ago, Liz and I helped another Peace Corps volunteer with a cultural celebration in their town. They brought in people from the surrounding communities to do cultural dances. Pictured are some of the girls who were doing a dance of thanksgiving in front of the big church.
To begin the festival they had these dancers come from the town hall in the traditional costumes of conquistadors. They danced in front of the church for most of the morning in these heavy costumes. I have no idea how they did it.
This is one of the more interesting cultural phenomenons that I have witnessed here. It is pretty much impossible to get people to dance in public, but when you put the men in costumes, be it dressed as a different man or even a woman, they will dance all day. This particular group made it into the national newspaper and liz was in the background, well, the top of her head was. The day was very entertaining and you may remember the earlier post with the waterfalls...well this is in the same town. San Cristobal is perhaps the most happening town we have been to. Oh, and the night before we had honduran tortillas with cheese and meat in them that were also some of the best food we have had. It was a good weekend.
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