Yesterday I went to the baile del polvo, or 'dust dance' in Villarreal. It marks the beginning of a 5 day festival with a rodeo, music, parades, food, etc. Yesterday I ate arroz cantones, or 'cantonese rice'. It was kind of similar to fried rice, with small pieces of ham in it but no egg.
I lucked out living in Villarreal this week, cause I'm within walking distance of all the festivities. A bunch of us from the Spanish school went to the baile del polvo, which is so named because you dance around inside the rodeo ring, and kick up lots of dust. Although a dude on the beach today told me that "hacemos polvo" is also Costa Rican slang for getting it on. Interesante... these are the things they don't teach us in class.
The dance was fun, I danced with a couple different people but mostly I just watched. One of my favorite things is to watch old couples dance.... aww. I love it so much.
During the dance, there were several cases of fireworks sitting in the middle of the ring. These two guys were 'guarding' them, and by guarding I mean standing next to them and smoking cigarettes. Buen idea, no? It was seriously so unsafe. When they started lighting them off, we were standing literally no more than 20 feet away. I started backing up because I was freaked out. I saw embers land on a guy's shoulder while he was standing right in front of me. I waited for a pause in the fire-storm and then ran outside of the ring. When the big ones were going off, only my pride stopped me from dropping to the ground and covering my head. It was definitely not as relaxing as most fireworks displays I've been to, but if you're into adrenaline, this is the fireworks show for you.
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yikes...some crazy fireworks!
that's awesome you danced with those dudes...sounds like you're having a good time
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