This month is Festival month in Cucso. There are festivals and fireworks every weekend in Cusco and the plaza is always crowded.
Schools from all over Cusco were competing in the dance festival today. Some of the them were private schools and there were quite a few big catholic schools with lots of beautiful costumes. Our kids from Pumamarca were certainly the poor relations but they enjoyed themselves and did a great job. The rest of their school had the day off.
We met up with the dance group (mostly grade 5 and 6) before they started, then followed them as they progressed around the plaza performing their dancing in thanks for the river and all it brings. Their dance emphasized children and monkeys. The children were delighted to have a following (non of their parents could come), we threw confetti and chanted for them like a bunch of over indulgent parents.
After the festival we came home to take our Spanish lesson.
In the evening we all went to The Real McCoys for Trivia Night and dinner.
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