Tuesdays have lately been 'charla-days' - mornings with primero A and B (grade 7s), discussions of worms, the environment, food sovereignty and security. This morning: 'como fuera el mundo si...?' (what the world would be like..?) without access to land (as is the reality here in Guatemala)? food? clean water? fertile soils?
Our 'recycling system' at the ICB has been set up: bins in each classroom, garbage collected, composteras built, worms fattening, grade 7s organized to gather and turn the compost... slowly but surely.
And, finally, the Rabinal Achi feria has not been a disappointment: a ferris wheel lights up the sky at all hours, a lit yellow circle from my roof. Plenty of mysterious food to taste in the parque, bright weavings, shrines to san pedro and san pablo, churros and tamales, costumed parades, cumbia, salsa, traditional songs and dramatizaciones, dancing each night... bicycle rides through town to explore those bits I've yet to know, and my first encounter with REAL coffee just down the street... and so it seems I've only just skimmed the surface of this place.
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