but really, who’s the boss? thank you community for answering this question for all of us. (i refuse to spoil the show for you).
anyways, the feria has started here in tucume. this month it is of the “purisma concepción.” my town has been talking to me about since i arrived in site in august. hundreds upon hundreds, if not more, are piling themselves in my small town. many are traveling from lima. family that has long moved away returns for this week.
the parque is bustling!
to get the week (more like 2 weeks) started, i attended a danza de los diablicos competition. the history of this form of dance is quite interesting. it’s a traditional dance dating back to the 17th century conveying how the spaniards would try to trick the natives into joining the catholic religion by hiding in the pyramids and coming out at night dressed as the devil. now with the dance, it’s a tucumano folklore to express their world under colonialism, and how the colonists used fear instead of love for conversion.
the promenade of the contestants.
i just love how they replaced the “2” with the “3.”
stayed tuned…a number of other cultural events will be happening over the next couple of weeks that have to do with this feria!
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