I’m sorry I’ve kept you waiting in the dark for the last week! Let’s just say it’s been QUITE a long 7 days working in the section (but more on that later)
So apparently December 7th is el cumpleaños del Diablo (aka the Devil’s Birthday). Of course you aren’t going to celebrate the Devil’s birthday the same as other birthdays…instead of singing “Las mañanitas” and dousing everyone with water, the boys’ house created an effigy of the devil that was then lit on fire!
The “devil” all ready to go!
Tradition has it that on this day every year, this huge fire is lit, and then everyone is given little pieces of paper to toss in after him. On the paper, you write all of your regrets from the previous year, and other things that you want to leave in the past, and then throw it into the flames (kinda like Guy Fawkes day for all those November 5th lovers out there.)
Watching him burn…
And of COURSE in the true spirit of joking around, a few of the volunteers also insisted that it was Sharon’s birthday (the current volunteer with the most time here), trying to get the kids to splash her with water! While the water trick didn’t work, we DID get everyone to sing her Happy Birthday (yes, in English) before heading into the comedor for dinner :).
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