Wednesday, January 26, 2011

January Events in Chivarreto

 This month we have been trying to do more activities with the family we live with and since they had been asking us for a few months when we were going to make pizza with them, we finally broke down and did it. Pictured from left are Melissa, Tilo, Brian and Carmen. They are making the dough.
 After we made the dough, Brian was very insistent on being the sauce guy and took his job very seriously, cracking up his mom Lydia and everyone else in the kitchen.

 Adding the final touches/toppings to the pizza.
 At one point Brian thought it would be more interesting in the fridge.
 Shortly after our Pizza night, we made cupcakes with the kids for their mom Lydia's birthday.
 The kids were very big fans.
 Brian was a little wary of Lizzy's advances on his cupcake.

 The town fair also took place during January and was celebrated in front of the Catholic church presently under construction in our town.
 They paraded the effigy of "Christo Negro" or black Jesus in front of the church for a while while lighting of fireworks and firecrackers. This is a smaller version of the famous Christo Negro in Esquiplas (?) Guatemala.
 As soon as the procession ended the costumed dancers came out onto the scene and danced for the next 3 hours.
 They had all sorts of routines and choreographed numbers.


 The character in the middle is supposed to be President Colom...and he was one of the best dancers.

 Fair Food!!! There was lots of fried chicken, french fries and mayonnaise based salads served on tortillas.
Here is the walkway down to the mainstage where they had an incredible band that played from 2 until midnight. It was a very festive time.


  

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