went to the santa librada festivities last night. its a bunch of people riding around on horses while drinking. and cows are everywhere. and so are santa librada flags, and fireworks. they sure do love their fireworks here, but not the pretty ones, just the noisy ones. the streets are all set up with decorations and street vendors galore. at the end of the street is the club that they created just for santa librada, and is only here for the 5 days, and then theyre tearing it down. theres an area next to it thats for the ´baile´which is a dance, and panamanian singers do their thing with the accordian, while everyone else dances the funny panamanian style dance, and everyones going in circles the whole time. its not too fun to dance, but definitely hilarious to watch. we had a good time. went to both the baile and the club. on thursday my host grandparents are playing as an end to all the festivities, so im definitely looking foward to that baile. and tomorrow is a ´pollera´contest. pollera is the name for the traditional dress of the panamanian girls. these dresses can cost up to 25,o00 dollars, with all the jewels and pearls. ive seen fake ones, and even those are incredible. but girls are coming from all over the country to model their polleras, and this is apparently an amazing part of santa librada.
other than these happenings, im back to teaching, and loving it more each day. im really getting used to the kids, and learning how to tame their crazyness to some level. i started teaching the alphabet today, because i learned that none of the kids know past the letter G. so their homework tonight is to learn, review and memorize letters through K, and a word that starts with each of those letters. tomorrow is just more of all this, teaching and santa librada!
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