They take their baptisms quite seriously in Pisco. At times it seemed liked a small wedding, but it was definitely one of those experiences that plunged you right into Peruvian culture. The church of the baptism, San Francisco de la Playa, was very symbolic of the surrounding community: simple, poor, and full of people. It was a short ceremony, only about 30 minutes, and three babies from the family with whom we worked were baptised.
Directly after the service ended, pictures with the "gringos" commenced, as many, many were taken. We took some cabs to a rather large house (by Pisco standards), toasted the baptism of the baby, ate chicken and chaufa (fried rice), drank easily over a metric ton of inka kola and started to dance. Though it was (extremely) awkward at first, soon everyone was up and dancing -- including Mr. Jarczyk at one point in time. It was amazing to experience a pure and unadulterated aspect of Peruvian culture, because so many times when traveling we get caught in the tourist part of a country, which really isn´t the country at all. There are some pictures and a sypnopsis of the baptism and party below, but I wanted to share my take on the party. ¡Hasta luego!
Directly after the service ended, pictures with the "gringos" commenced, as many, many were taken. We took some cabs to a rather large house (by Pisco standards), toasted the baptism of the baby, ate chicken and chaufa (fried rice), drank easily over a metric ton of inka kola and started to dance. Though it was (extremely) awkward at first, soon everyone was up and dancing -- including Mr. Jarczyk at one point in time. It was amazing to experience a pure and unadulterated aspect of Peruvian culture, because so many times when traveling we get caught in the tourist part of a country, which really isn´t the country at all. There are some pictures and a sypnopsis of the baptism and party below, but I wanted to share my take on the party. ¡Hasta luego!
