i took a chance and decided to come to a little town famous for its corpus christi festival. san francisco de yare is a pueblo...translation little town.
after i landed i walked around wondering if there was a local hotel or if families rent out room to visitors. as i was talking to one of the vendors a young guy overheard my conversation and helped me out. Felix, has a girlfriend and two kids (maybe three)....anyway he was so kind. he hooked me up at a dope hotel down the road. i take a 2cent bus to a fro which takes five minutes.
anyway the festival began with the drums beating and the loal men dressed all in red with large devils masks. you know mama´s hips were shaking. after going to the church, dancing, praying and all that they proceed to go from place to place- schools, homes, etc with blessings. not to worry i have taken tons of photos. the costumes ar4e fantastic and the dancing is intoxicating. the children are the cutest especially the little boys. too cute.
anyway, i gotta go and continue with festivities. this is venezuela so this will probably go on till sunday. lord!!
but i knew that i had been rewarded in taking a chance in getting here is because while i was outside of the church a yellow butterfly kept fluttering around overhead. even more gratifying was the HUGE butterfly that has been chilling outside my hotel room.
what can i say...it was fate that i come to san francisco de yare for corpus christi
besitos
cuidate
vanessita
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