Celebration!

On the way back from Justina's, we encountered a bunch of donkeys piled high with a type of brush that grows in the highlands. The mountain people used it for fuel. Apparently it is time for an annual festival when highlanders bring their animals and the brush down to an old church not far from our house. After a religious ceremony, the brush is burned and an all night bash begins. I just heard a bunch of fireworks so that must have been the start of the party. Juan Carlos said he used to see 40 or 50 donkeys at a time coming in when he was young. We saw about a dozen this evening.