Carnival has a peculiarity in my town: We like flour! Yes, lie down meal. Of flour to get the hair. But this is a very old tradition, that dream is lost forever. He is still the custom of "harineo", although it has lost much of its original grounds.
arrived the day of Carnival, the boys and girls of the village pleasured themselves in "dancing wheel," revolved around dances, singing and dancing to songs cut cheerful and lively, with connotations loving: a letrilla said:
Carnival, carnival, party women. The house is not "Hogan" marries vieneeeee year.
In a society quite repressed, Carnival represented a kind of liberation. In those days, broke the rules and exceeded the allowed limits of decency. I'm talking about the 50 and 60 and, of course, in earlier decades. And still the letrillas the beat of a slow turning circle and cheerful:
Carnaval, Carnival, you're coming, you go, until next year, God knows who will see you
and took advantage these days, in a clear allusion to "carpe diem "and intensely lived in the enjoyment and fun. As I say, Carnival fostered the rapprochement between the sexes. And the dance was the excuse. No one knows for certain what is the reason why, at one point, broke the "wheel" and a cacophony of screams and races filled the square and the width of a street. One boy picked up a few handfuls of flour and the rubbing in the face of a girl off guard. Indeed, the girl was that he had "gone for the darling" for some time the boy dared. It was therefore a signal that could be interpreted in two ways either eloquent: "I like this boy so handsome," think while you shake the flour from the face. and spontaneous phrase could come from his mouth - Anda and flour your sister .., come give you two cakes! But he said with a small mouth and a sly smile on the lips pouted. From the days of Carnival out new partners. The waiter asked after the father of the chosen permission to court her. If had acquiescence arose a new wedding couple.
But those days gave much anymore. Free will was of theirs. There was no wall or window that will withstand the striking of hormones unleashed. And girls were indistinguishable from married women. Anecdotes are hilarious and huge disappointments: Some were caught in the middle toilet when the boy jumped over the wall ... There was to cover her hands, and legs that gatearan the walls ... Carnival, an abundance of ghosts, bodies stuffed into sheets that emerged from under the bed or they were seen jumping out of walls ...
What about women? "They stayed in that role timid, passive and content? Of course not. More subtle weapons, imagination and cunning, men were easily tumbled pieces: a timely nod to the look of a female was the hook for the "sardine" fell in all floured pan. And so he unleashed the fury .., the macho pride was thrown into the street to board any ship with braids. But they hid behind doors and windows, which was neglected one, flour and ready to fry ...
today is anything but authentic. People go out to have fun and drink ... High school students take the opportunity to make some money for school trip ... And yes, it is maintained tradition but that thrill of transgression, the search for a unique opportunity to touch or rub one no longer makes sense. In short, the grandparents do remember well what was the spirit of Carnival ...
