Nourish Goes to Peru

This last weekend Huanchaco celebrated the patron saint of the town fishermen, San Pedro de Huanchaco. And quite the fiesta it was. On Saturday night people gathered in the plaza by the pier and kicked off the weekend with live music by local bands. The group leaders reminded the gathered crowd about all the glories of Huanchaco and how great of a place it is. I even was lucky enough to get a dance in with a local Peruvian with an impressive hairstyle and even more impressive dance moves.

Later that night, still by the pier, there was a fireworks show. They had constructed a tower out of reeds with different fireworks attached to it, and they lit each of the rings of fireworks with their cigarretts.  When they were lit, the fireworks would spin off of the main tower and then explode in the sky over the crowd. Some of the fireworks were like pinwheels that spun on the side of the tower when lit. Hands down, it was the best fireworks show I´ve seen.