Hello all,
This weekend was a holiday weekend here - Pfingsten.
I'm not exactly sure, but I think it has to do when the Holy Spirit came and spread his presence through the world.
This weekend is celebrated also by a huge "karvenal der kultures" - which is a festival that happens to be located right by my apartment. I heard sounds of it from friday afternoon until monday night.
The festival is actually influenced hugely by latin america, jamaica, cuba, etc. There were tons of island beats, reggae shows, and caipirinhas. My host woman started out the weekend by making jerk chicken legs, which were probably the best thing i've eaten in a while.
During the festival I saw:
-a talking parrot
-a girl with a pet mouse on her shoulder
-more than 100 people with dredlocks
-more black people than i've seen in berlin this whole time put together
-fire dancers
-traveling drummers
-fortune tellers and henna painters
-lots of old german men dancing to carribean music.
It was probably the most entertaining and cultural thing i've done in berlin so far, it was a blast.
I did take a couple of photos, but again, have yet to get them developped, so they'll be on the flickr as soon as it's up and running!
Also, I realized it's already JUNE! that means i only have a month and a half let here! yoikes!
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