Yellow is the color of good luck and prosperity
The whole house around one table
Sparklers
Happy New Year! Wow, what an evening! They have some fun traditions here. Yellow is the color of good luck. Every where you go, they are selling yellow items for New Years. Yellow 2008 glasses with the "00" for eye holes, yellow flowers, yellow hats, and even yellow underwear and bras. Of course, fireworks, even more than on Christmas Eve. Many people make dolls or munecos out of old clothes and other items. Then, at midnight they burn the dolls. There were bonfires all up and down our street.
We started our evening with a lovely dinner that rivaled the feast on Christmas. After dinner, it was up to the roof for all which was an excellent place to watch all of the fireworks. By midnight, the fireworks were so intense that I thought I might need to take cover. After a bit, we went out into the street and did sparklers.
I need to get to sleep. We have an early morning tomorrow. We leave for the airport at 7 am to catch our flight to Cusco. Tomorrow will be spent touring the city of Cusco. Wednesday will be a whirlwind tour of the sacred valley, and Thursday will be Matchu Picchu. Heather and I head back to Lima on Friday, and Blanca will stay in Cusco a bit longer to get some important paperwork sorted out in her home town which is in the same area. I will post pictures when we get back!
I hope you are all having a wonderful New Year!
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