Wednesday was an early start for the group because we had a 2 hour drive to a neighboring village of Merida called Tzucmuc.
We were treated in Tzucmuc with incredible hospitality. The locals living in the village were eager for us to try the food that was prepared for later in the day. The taste testing was delicious. We then went to a celebratory mass for their patron Saint, Saint Isadore, which is the patron saint of farmers. We were greeted before the mass by Father Felix, which is the Preist of the village. The mass was beautiful, and was followed by music and dance for us because the locals were very excited to share their culture with us. After the singing and dancing in the church, we had a parade throughout the village accompanied by a band and fireworks. After the parade, the locals of the parish did a celebratory ribbon dance. After the ribbon dance, we had lunch at a locals house. The lunch consisted of pork tacos with a variety of salsas, hibiscus tea, and sweetened rice water.
After Tzucmuc, we traveled to a village called Uayma. There we set up our hammocks in the churches courtyard and rested after a long day in the sun. We then drove to another village called Xcalacoop (shkalacoop) where we took part in another post-mass celebration that consisted of another parade, again accompanied by live music and fireworks. After the parade we met with Father Felix and enjoyed live mariachi with turkey tacos, soda, and suckers.
From Xcalacoop, we returned to Uayma to have dinner with Father Felix, which was prepared by the local perish members. The dinner was fried hand made tortillas with chicken, onion and salsa in them.
We ended the night with a group reflection and settled in to our hammocks.
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