Sunday, December 20, 2009

We ran into some Christmasiness last night

We were just going around the stores downtown doing some Christmas shopping and decided to stop by the Mercado Colón to listen to the choir sing and see the decorations. Also, maybe to get a little warm. It was 5ºC at this point.

(There´s a video of it here. If for some reason you can´t see it, just click here or the 'continue reading' link and it´ll show. Retarded Blogspot)


A few more snaps of the area we were in:













































Then we went more toward the center (and home - so cold; so very, very cold) and saw these goofballs with wigs on and stripping down to their undies for something. Likely had something to do with the video that follows.





































They´re called "Una Tuna" just like the title says. There are groups like this (typically students) during all kinds of festivals and holidays that go around singing in costumes. Usually pretty good, and funny. Notice how they all pretend to get bored and disband while the one is holding a long note. Again, you´ll have to deal with the quality of the camera, but, enjoy.

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Heh, good stuff Mike. Funny thing is, even in a different language Christmas spirit in transcendent.
1 reply · active 800 weeks ago
¡Si Señor!
Dude! Una Tuna (one tuna? one tune, maybe? one note? eh... note to self: improve lousy Spanish) was awesome. Such a shame our climate here is not conducive to street musicians at this time of year.
I remember Christmasness when I lived in Deutchland. It seemed to be the only time of year the place was happy.
Awesome shots! Merry Christmas Mike!
¡Feliz Navidad, amigo!
Happy New Year
Clara x
Happy New Year!
MAN, are you seriously delinquent. I want your life, dude. Seriously! Let's trade.

Oh, and Happy New Year to you and the missues.
1 reply · active 798 weeks ago
Thanks, bro. It´s like I said before, you can´t turn around in this country without hitting a holiday. Christmas officially starts about half-way into December and doesn´t end til after Los Reyes Magos (the Three Kings) on January 5/6th. That´s basically the Spanish equivilant of Santa coming on Christmas eve and leaving presents to open on Christmas day.

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