Teenagers in Indian (indigenous) costumes, complete with cardboard bows and arrows, poured out of the creamy front doors of the cathedral. They joined a throng of onlookers, including dozens of other young people in brilliant-colored flamenco outfits.
Across the street, painters on a scaffolding were hastily putting a fresh coat of white on a worn-out school building, while students inside crowded at the windows to watch the goings on.
In the street between the two, a national TV news team was filming a cooking demonstration, with a whole kitchen set up on the pavement and a guy cutting and frying peppers on camera.
Police milled around here and there, and guys selling popcorn and vile snow-cone knockoffs (regrettably, I bought one and ended up with sticky hands and a trash disposal problem.)
Matagalpa is just launching its 100th anniversary, and it´ll be going strong all weekend. Sadly, we`re on our way in a few minutes to the bus station because we have commitments in Granada … but at least we had the chance to see the Indians and the flamenco satin people dance in the morning sunshine. We´re trying to record everything now in our memories, because our time here is so short.
A morning of dances
Teenagers in Indian (indigenous) costumes, complete with cardboard bows and arrows, poured out of the creamy front doors of the cathedral. They joined a throng of onlookers, including dozens of other young people in brilliant-colored flamenco outfits.
Across the street, painters on a scaffolding were hastily putting a fresh coat of white on a worn-out school building, while students inside crowded at the windows to watch the goings on.
In the street between the two, a national TV news team was filming a cooking demonstration, with a whole kitchen set up on the pavement and a guy cutting and frying peppers on camera.
Police milled around here and there, and guys selling popcorn and vile snow-cone knockoffs (regrettably, I bought one and ended up with sticky hands and a trash disposal problem.)
Matagalpa is just launching its 100th anniversary, and it´ll be going strong all weekend. Sadly, we`re on our way in a few minutes to the bus station because we have commitments in Granada … but at least we had the chance to see the Indians and the flamenco satin people dance in the morning sunshine. We´re trying to record everything now in our memories, because our time here is so short.