Saturdays in the Dominican Republic

It is Saturday in Santo Domingo which means we head over to la peluquería owned by my Dominican mother's sister, Marcia. We get our hair washed in the little converted garage underneath their home by the different members of the family that run the little shop. They wash and style our hair for us because many people here don't have what they need to do it themselves. This is the only time that hair gets washed. I cheat, however, and wash mine one day mid-week so I don't look so homeless. Here are some photographs I took while Ivis was getting her hair washed three weeks back.

Holi: The Festival of Colors

For those who don't know what this is all about, Holi is the Hindu festival that celebrates the start of spring. A bonfire is lit, burning an effigy of Holika, representing evil spirits. As the bonfire is lit, the colors begin to fly. The colors in Spanish Fork are dyed chalk, but in other places can range from anything from pastels to colored water. During the festival, which spans a few days, different waves of radience go throughout the universe, creating a wide span of colors that "nourish and complement the funciton of repective elements in the atmosphere", and thus the throwing of colors. The festival today in Spanish Fork is apparently the largest in North America, and rumor has it that over 10,000 people were there today.




Plenty more to come, but I thought I'd better post something from today's events of epic proportions. I will try not to get too carried away and post a million, because I know that people hate seeing so many after the festival when facebook is taken over by photos from today. So I will try to spare your eyes and only post a few.

New Camera

So I am a brat who happens to spend all her money on camera equipment... and got the new Canon 5D Mark II. yeah, i know. And here was my little test run from my little brother's track meet tonight.



Also, just to brag. This is just to show off what it would look like if you wanted to shoot at 6400 ISO, for all you camera nerds out there.