Fiestas Patrias

Fiestas Patrias is very quiet for me. Each year, I visit home, I dress myself to participate with the musicians’ school at the parade, and then spend time with my family.

This year I have to admit I decided to skip classes to get home early; so I did. experience pretty much told me that the traffic is a disaster during holidays, so I prefer to travel early and skip all that noise and disturb. I was able to go to "fondas" and participate in the inauguration. We, as the musicians’ school of the town, each year open the "fondas" with some typical songs, like “Casamiento de Negro”, “Qué pena tiene el alma”, “La rosa con el clavel”; everything arranged by the professor for the band. We also play the national anthem and also the local anthem of the town. This was in September 15th.

Days after, in September 18th, we also play for the parade. We’re the last to present in front of people and the local authorities. That day we only did one parade, but I remember some years ago we could do three parades in one day (there’s a lot of small localities around the town that sometimes request the band to go to play).

After that, I came home and found my grandmother doing a barbecue. She likes a lot meat, so she enjoyed a lot the barbecue. I had a piece of meat, it was enough for me, but she looked really proud of herself while roasting the meat.

She also did a cake and “cola de mono” because my sister asked her. She always made us our whims when we ask her hehe.

Regards

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  1. Unknown1 December 2017 at 18:40

    the most important thing of the celebrations is besically celebrate with people you love! :)

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