TIGERS, CAMELS AND BUFFALOS IN EL CENTRO...
The other day was in the Centro by el Jardin, main plaza, shopping in a store, suddenly the sound of horns blasting, loud dance music from cars...and then the surreal sight of camels in an open top truck cruising by the plate glass window. Then enclosed trucks with tigers, one lone buffalo (where did they get the buffalo?)...hola Fellini, all on their way to a circus at the edge of town by the Gigante supermarket, and where the truly gigante Tuesday Market is held...everything under the Mexican sun for sale in the crowded stalls. The smell of so much food cooking, someone offering you a spoonful of yummy, dark, chocolate mole with a huge, joyful smile. So today when I went to Gigante, there was the circus tent, some of the tigers in their cages...kids, families staring in awe. The tigers looked cared for, clean in the cages, but it still makes me sad to see these beautiful wild beings caged. No animal rights groups to free them, the camels, the buffalo...lots of skinny dogs roaming the streets...yet their presence here in San Miguel is strangely magical, forbidden. I meant to add this in 'newsletter style', now realize I'm in the wrong area, so will stop here, add a longer newsletter later. Whoever reads this, please know that San Miguel remains a Mexican town- the 'expats, gringo/as' etc are in the minority, and now there's tigers in San Miguel...next about a bull fight where the bulls kept taking the capes from los matadors...QUE VIVA EL TORO...
Dia de Los Muertos, Noviembre 2006