So much has happened since Friday....how do I even keep you updated???
Okay, so Friday was el dia para los niños...Saturday....oh! I went to a march/protest!!! People were saying there were about 10,000 people there, but it definitely didn´t seem like it. We marched for two hours in the streets, protesting Felipe Calderon and that the people are given more/better opportunities for work.
Fun, but exhausting at the same time.
(La Marcha!)
Saturday evening I headed to Cuentepec for a wedding. The wedding of a friend of Dany. It was the youngest couple I have ever seen get married, but that´s the way it´s done in Cuentepec!
(Dany, the bride, and the bride´s twin!)We arrived to the house already filled with about 200 people, and were sat down and handed plates of mole as well as coke´s and beers. We ate, and then the music/party began!
(Yes, the bride and groom with their faces in the cake...definitely the most cake I have ever seen in my life....there were probably about 20 in total!)This wedding was definitely different than any wedding I have ever been to, but none the less, was a cultural learning experience. There were LOTS of games and LOTS of dancing. For one of the games, the novia (bride) put on a cowboy hat and was given a belt and the groom was given an apron, broom, and baby. Then the bride began to hit the groom with a belt, making of fun of stereotypical gender roles...
We danced until about 1 in the morning and then off to Dany´s house to bed. Well, pìctures, and then bed...
(Dany,her mama, and her sisters, minus two...)
(La familia...or at least part of it...)Sunday I got bit by a dog, yes I am okay, and we had four lovely ladies over for the Temezcal and massages. And what do I know, but here we are at Monday again....
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