Its been a busy few months at site, so I don’t have a proper
blog post for you. This will be a blog
post in photo form, with a few clarifying comments for each photo. The first 6 photos are from the Fiesta Patronal (Patron Saints Day) for my community. San Jose, March 19th. The other 8 photos are from Semana Santa (Holy Week). Thats they week leading up to easter, which in many Latin American countries, is actually more important than Easter Sunday itself.
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| I included this photo because of the grain plants on the priest's stole. Super appropriate for such an agricultural society. |
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| The women of the community cooking lots of food for everyone. They were really flattered that I wanted to photograph them while they worked. Cooking is something they take pride in, but it is not very frequently acknowledged. |
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| So much food! |
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| Na Oheniea and some of her grand children. |
Now on to Semana Santa... and CHIPA!
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| We made the traditional food for Semana Santa: chipa. |
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| Look! My name in chipa! |
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| This is a tatakua. Basically a brick oven especially for Paraguayan specialties... like chipa. |
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| Baking the chipa. |
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| More chipa... |
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| On the Thursday of Semana Santa (the biggest meal of the week), I ate dinner with my favorit host family. |
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| A modest but delicious spread of bbq chicken, sopa paraguaya (not actually a soup), mandioca (yucca) and soda. After lunch we snacked on... you guessed it: chipa. |
