Food, music, fashion and tradition came together last Saturday at the club AELU. Place where, for a couple of years, I usually attend the Matsuri held by the end of the Cultural Week of Japan since 1993. On Saturday we at 8 pm at the Club, located in Pueblo Libre, in the rush of the late arrivals. Entry is usually free but this time it took us 2 soles, which will be used to help earthquake victims who suffer on 15 August. Went straight to the food stalls in search of a couple of Obento (taper with an assortment of delicacies Nipponese) to satisfy hunger. Because each year the number of people is increasing, Showa stalls or Sakura-clubs that are part of the partnership, was crowded.
Just then the parade was at its crucial point was the time that Toshiro Konishi (the popular "Achica Price") took over the festival. To the beat of Washoi Washoi dozen men walked into a packed stadium for hours, charging a small altar that leads Konishi years. Your ride accompanied by the beating of taiko (Japanese drums) Nees uproar at the site.
A couple of pairs of beers (Peruvian tradition) prepared us for the finale. Light poles were put out to warn us of the need to look to the sky in search of light. Red explosion started the Hanabis (fireworks). Thus ended this year's Matsuri, a Japanese village custom of sacred rituals derived from Shinto and is now becoming part Peruvian custom of family and social integration.
was a day of cultural mix, that we tend to fear and that, paradoxically, is the basis of our own history.
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