Another workless day that I managed to fill with relaxing, shopping, watching flower carpets being made and of course a procession. Man it is going to be hard to break this cycle come Monday and no more public holidays. Ayacucho is known for its celebration of Semana Santa, which in turn means more tourists. (It has been weird for our house to not be the ONLY gringas in the city this week!) More tourists means more handicrafts being put out for sale. This afternoon I spent lazily walking around with Kate and shopping at the street fairs. After dinner we all set out to the plaza to watch the procession. Today's process
ion was to mourn Jesus' death. He was paraded around town in the glass coffin with his crown of thrones resting on his chest. The Virgin Mary was following him in mourning. It was a very somber procession with all the lights turned out in the plaza. Each of the processors carried a candle, while a guitar band played as Jesus entered the church. Not too much to say about today...but that was kind of it. Everyone called it an early night as we were losing half of our house (4 girls) on the 7 am flight to Lima. Sad to think that the house will be changing tomorrow. We will get one more girl arriving tomorrow and 3 more Sunday. We will see what the next group has in store!
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