Monday, July 30, 2007

Ballet Folklorico

Irma bribed a guard and got us in to see the famous Mexican Ballet Folklorico (tickets are about 60 dollars). they did folk dances from around the country, including a lot of dances and songs from the revolution. the best (and most famous) is the Dansa del venado, the deer dance, where a man dances around the stage like a deer. it sounds silly, but its actually really athletic and awesome to watch. he dances to these awesome drumbeats, until the end when he's shot with arrows and dies and the drumming dies as well.
Tomorrow I am leaving for part two of my travels. this part I'll be on my own so I'm excited and a little nervous, but mostly excited. Hasta la escriba. erin

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why did she have to resort to bribes? Because it was sold out? Already started? You were a gringo??

eebs said...

because we didnt want to pay 60 dollars each.
I felt very local.

smellame said...

Me gusta las picturas mi amiga. Jamuary seems like a long time coming (ha!-Jamuary, I love that typo so I'm not going to change it). We went to Stans for dinner last night and I just thought about us wanting to fling shake at passing buses and such. Ah- Good ol' times.