Par-TAY!
That about covers it.
I`m going to ego-centrically assume you want more details. Each town in Nicaragua has a patron saint. On that saint`s feast day there is a massive town-wide party. They take out the statue of the saint from the central Catholic church and process through town with it ALL DAY. There is a special Mass. There is a bull-riding competition and a parade of beautiful and expensive horses. Everyone dresses up like cowboys and cowgirls (I now proudly own two plaid shirts but still can`t bring myself to purchase leather boots). There is a giant party at night.
At least that`s how it`s done in most places. If it falls during the week everyone gets a couple of days of work but the real events take place on the weekend because some of the horses, bulls, and riders come from different towns. In my town they do things a little differently.
I have only been to class about six times this month. Granted, I only work in the schools Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and not every day was cancelled for the fiestas but some were. School was disrupted ALL the time. The dìa de San Josè is March 19th but the fiestas here started the first weekend of March...and are still going. The first two weekends it was just Saturdays and Sundays: one bull riding competition on Saturdays, two on Sundays, and tent parties surrounding the bull ring. By tent parties I meant the two local brews set up tents and speakers and blast music and people come to drink and dance. Then it was the big weekend and the partying was Friday-Monday. The weekend following San Josè`s big day was the beautiful horse-parade and the BIG FINALE party! My sitemate and I were excited to have the town return to normal for a weekend...then a friend told us there`s one more weekend of bull riding. Oh well.
So that`s what been going on lately. Sometimes it gets a little crazy. It`s been fun. I`ll be glad when it`s over for real.
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