My last day in Nicaragua was spent once again with natives. The medical team joined-up again in the city of Bluefields which is located in the region of the Caribbean lowlnds. We began the day by working with an impovershed mestizo popuation outside the city limits. I was assigned to work with the youth of the shante town, so I organized a game of baseball for baseball is the nation’s most beloved sport. We also handed-out the remaining supply of the purified, freshwater that we collected back at Lake Managua. The ladder part of the day, however, was spent in they city of Bluefields, itself. Bluefields was specifically exciting today because the annual Maypole festival was going on. The festival had similar parades to that of Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival, but the music styles displayed at this Nicaraguan festival were quite different. One popular form of music that was exhibited was reggae music. This music form had originated in Jamaica, but it had grown fairly popular throughout Latin America. Reggae music was perceived as thos voice of oppression throughout this poverty-ridden region, and a lot of the Nicaraguan people felt that it expressed the hardships of a slum life. The reggae bands that I heard used drums, guitar, and the bass, and they played in a smooth rythmic fashion. Overall, my experience with the locals of Nicaragua and the traditions that they hold dear gave me a great impression about their unique culture.
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| Nicaraguan Teens Playing Baseball in a Poor Neighbourhood |
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