No classes today for LASP students….or any student of Costa Rica. We celebrated the independence of Costa Rica from Spain. Traditionally, the eve before, we went to the central park to listen to a band play patriotic songs and watch the children raise their “farroles” to light the way. (a farrol is a type of lantern….decorated like one of the national symbols. They also set off fireworks.
On Independence Day (Sept. 15) we watched the parade on the main street. All the area schools participated…the band and dancers represented their school. I liked the traditional dancers the best. The parade lasted 3 hours! Very hot for the children and youth who had to wear their school uniforms/costumes! I enjoyed the experience of another culture’s independence day….everyone unified in celebration. And we had prepared presentations about the national symbols for our Spanish classes at ICADS the previous day. This helped to have a backround/history about the objects/symbols we would see.
Please pray for me to take advantage of this grand opportunity to think in many different themes of life...and to process the teachings that I am learning in classes. There is much to process and understand about the world as a whole...and we focus specifically on the relationship between the US and Latin American...past, present, and future. Pray that I continue to seek my role in society as a Christian.
Nosotros vamao a celebrar el Día de Independencia por estudiar el artista Diego Rivera y sus murales en México; por supuesto discutimos lo positivo y lo negativo de los conquistadores- la combinación de las culturas de los indígenas y los españoles. ¡Viva México!
ReplyDeleteLo siento que hayas sufrido con el estomago. Por lo menos tenías otra experiencia para recordar. :)
Con pensamientos y oraciones,
María