Sitting working on my laptop on Nick's kitchen table in Leon along with the other Rachel and Carmela, we heard a great commotion coming up the street. Our Nica friend Carmela informed us that it was yet another saint celebration, this one for San Jeronimo. In Nicaragua, this means street processions and then on to the church. The San Jeronimo day has been adopted by the gay pride movement, albeit subtlety by the standards to which we have become accustomed. Still, amongst the dancing bulls, drums and marchers in matching t-shirts there was the odd cross-dresser. Impressive for a country in which a macho-culture is still so firmly embedded.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Mini gay pride festival - Nica style
Sitting working on my laptop on Nick's kitchen table in Leon along with the other Rachel and Carmela, we heard a great commotion coming up the street. Our Nica friend Carmela informed us that it was yet another saint celebration, this one for San Jeronimo. In Nicaragua, this means street processions and then on to the church. The San Jeronimo day has been adopted by the gay pride movement, albeit subtlety by the standards to which we have become accustomed. Still, amongst the dancing bulls, drums and marchers in matching t-shirts there was the odd cross-dresser. Impressive for a country in which a macho-culture is still so firmly embedded.
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