This week we got to see the most interesting procession I have ever seen. I have seen several processions for various saints in the various Spanish speaking countries I have visited. They have all been quite similar. But for La Virgen del Carmen - the fisherman's saint, they do something special - the image is placed on a boat and the boat goes around the waters where the fisherman fish and all the boats follow. We got to board a small boat and follow it around on its journey along with the rest of the community of San Juan del Sur.
See the image on top in gold? The man in the white shirt is looking at her
All the boats (including ours) following the image
The priest was in a boat near the big boat, but he was going around throwing candy and soda pop at the kids in the various boats around him. Most of the time they were floating in the water and the boats would try and get to the treats first. It was lots of fun!
The next day we visited another beach. The daughter of the school director came with us, Emma had a lot of fun playing with her on the beach. The two are speaking lots of Spanish together, it is lots of fun to listen to them!
Emma taking her friend along the beach, hand in hand
The kids swam out to a nearby "island" to pose for a picture
Unfortunately, this week we also had to change host families. It was a bit unfortunate, but we packed our bags and moved three houses down to our new host family. They are wonderful! And they used to run a restaurant - so the food is excellent!
Cabbage on pork on yucca - yum!
No comments:
Post a Comment