Carnival Cannibal Knievel

I feel I should blog about a birthday party that took place at Turrialtico this past weekend but I fear it should make for boring banter. I'll write about it anyways:

It was some mae's (I know that you all remember mae is slang for guy or dude) 50th birthday and the theme was Calypso. Calypso is island music, like reggae but with more electric keyboards involved. An unplugged UB47 if you will...
Disclaimer: I was using my point and shoot, the quality and fuction of which is beginning to perturb me.

Out of nowhere this bus pulls up to the hotel full of teenagers, obviously not party guests. They begin to unload music equipment which I found ridiculous because we already had Raices jamming hard. But it turns out that this band of young hooligans was actually a Carnival (as in the festival) group.

I must say, the dancing didn't do much for me. Carnival dancers more or less like their seizing on the dancefloor- twitching and shaking, not really in time with the music. But I will say, their style of dress had my heart big time. Neon rainbow sports bras and glittering sequin skirts; these people were mi gente (my people)



(cultural reference to the Mi Gente clothing store that used to be at Citadel Crossing, what's up C-Springz?)



Another gold star for the Carnival group, when they danced the limbo (to my dismay they have their own limbo song, I was hoping for the Limbo Rock) I liked it much more than in the States. My whole life the limbo has been a calculating competition, an awkward line waiting to attempt walking under a stick. And I'm not good at it. But with the Carnival group everyone just danced around and the dancers helped each other limbo. Hector (drunk on wine) even left his chef post to join in the fun.



People Helping People: The True Limbo Spirit












Halloween is coming up, I am delighted with Juli and Dani's enthusiasm at costumes, they are going to be a lady bug and fallen angel respectively. I am still unknown, unfortunately I've chosen this year to be apathetic and I'm not sure why I am being such a Halloweenie. I will most likely dedicate a blog to the Holiday and exciting costumes from a few borders south.