A pig was also butchered for this fiesta, a rare event. The houses belong to individual families. You can also see stacks of firewood they use to cook all their meals. On the hillsides in the background you can see their small plots of land on which they cultivate corn and beans. On the first and second of November the otherwise unmarked graves of their recently deceased ancestors are decorated with pine bows and marigold-like flower petals.
Men often drink pox , a cheap grade of rum.
Top These young men, in the main room of their house, compose a letter of protest to the government. In their letter the claim the recent election was not fair. Rural protest of government policy has taken a variety of forms. In my efforts to understand the history of Pantelho, I spoke with older members of the community, such as these two gentlemen. I passed this information on the the curator.