Saturday, March 7, 2009

We didn’t do much today, so I spent a lot of time playing with Camila, but at night they asked me all of a sudden whether I wanted to go see a music program. We went to the square in San Rafael, the little town I pass on my way walking to school, and they were setting up with plastic patio chairs and sound equipment. (I just realized I never see folding chairs here. They always use plastic patio chairs.) It was the day before International Woman’s Day, so it was kind of for that but way really an opportunity for a local mayor candidate to put on a cultural event. There was an older guy walking around with a 2 liter pop bottle filled with liquor and a plastic cup for people to all drink from. A couple guys sang and then the main feature was this woman singer with her two back-up dancers. The women were wearing dresses that were basically shirts, they might have covered half of their butts. I thought it was kind of strange tribute to the día de la mujer. We left early since I don’t think they liked it very much.