Semana Santa, or "Holy Week" was full of color, cooking, and witnessing intense faith. The kids had the week off from school and so lots of play time ensued. We had a couple of playmates over at different times, visited a live snake park, dyed eggs, and Eva made cookies filled with dulce de leche with Rebeca. We tried dying our eggs with beet juice (cooked and uncooked), purple cabbage juice, and even achiote--a natural colorant used for arroz con pollo here, in addition to standard green and red food coloring.
One day we had the pleasure of having Icela, Rebeca's two-year old daughter, over to visit. On Sacred Thursday, businesses shut down, liquor sections of stores were cordoned off, and we attended an evening mass at the local church where there was a foot washing of the "disciples", a group of 12 churchgoers, all notably women, and the priest did the washing. The next day was the pinnacle of Semana Santa for Ticos, Good Friday, when we attended a "procesion", in which the journey of Jesus ending in his crucifixion is acted out by churchgoers on a walk from station to station, according to his last interactions, a walk of about a mile or so to the local church and a rather graphic and, for young children especially, gasping portrayal of the crucifixion.
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| Easter Morning--el conejo de Pascua found us |
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| Easter egg dying with friend Declan, or "Duckling" as Eva calls him |
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| Making galletas with Rebeca--a recipe from her mama |
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| Local Good Friday "Procesion" |
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| Vipors! |
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| Unusual double plume of steam from resident Volcan Turrialba (by Asa) |
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| Frog friend |
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| Purple rainy dusk photo by Asa |
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Yikes--are those babies texting each other?
Art on the floor |
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