brain crabs

A more substantial post will follow in the near future but I hope this little bit can tide you all over until I get the chance to write more.
This Sunday, as many of you know, was Easter and that’s a pretty big deal here. We didn’t catch much of the religious goings on but there was a particularly interesting semi-secular even that took place during the afternoon. At the square, several people-shaped pinatas packed with explosives were suspended above a growing crowd of people and detonated. I heard that they’re supposed to be effigies of Judas but I haven’t heard anything definative yet. Check out the gallery for photos of the event as well as (if it works) a short video.
(Sharper-eyed readers will notice the appearance of one of the pinata people in photo #030 before we knew what they were all about.)
Also, today was our first day of spanish class at the instituto with a woman named Cecilia who seems very nice. More on that later as well.

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