Globally Warming Guadalupe

It is raining here. It rained 3 days in a row now. People are swearing to me that that never happens. And me without an umbrella.

The entire town is celebrating the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which is this Sunday, but has a run-up of 8 days of various events. There are parades, torches coming to San Cristobal from all over Chiapas with teams of torch runners, & yesterday an incredible procession for hours with families with their children dressed up, not unlike Halloween, except that the children are all dressed in some form of local dress. I have taken hundreds of pictures & will happily share them when I return.

My workshops are going extremely well. I am inspired & excited. Tomorrow is the last workshop with the actors from a the play Senor de la Tierra, based on Mayan paintings at the ruins of Bonampak. They will perform tomorrow as a conclusion to the workshop.

Now I am going to walk across town where I have been invited to dinner at the home of a Mexican family. I have bought my bus ticket & will be going north to Queretaro on the 16th, arriving there on the 17th, spending 14 hours on buses. Oh well!