Tuesday- Chichi Festival
23 February 2010 | Panama- Rio Sidra Chicha Festival
Mostly sunny, very warm, moderate breeze, northerly
Mola maker Lisa's brother came by yesterday and we arranged to go with him today along with Panchita to a chacha festival on nearby Isla Rio Sidra. A chacha festival is a party occasion where the Indians ferment a pressed sugarcane based drink and celebrate, girls coming of age, marriages or near as we could tell just about anything. So we walked around town and basically observed a street party, it was afternoon not evening so there was no dancing yet. But it was interesting to see the usually reserved Kuna women drinking and smoking all dressed in their best traditional clothing. Took some pictures of the kids because they'll pose for a piece of candy while the women all want a $1 for each photo, Joan tried to get them in the background while pretending to shoot pics of our group, tricky.