You can´t make up this stuff

Apparently yesterday was some sort of holiday called Dia de las Razas (Day of the Races). I guess the idea is to celebrate multiculturalism and all of the influences that have combined to make up Dominican culture--mainly Spanish, African, and Taino (the native people here when Columbus arrived). As you may know, I spend my mornings in the DREAM Project office in town, and don´t go in to school until noon. Unfortunately, this means I missed the Dia de las Razas celebration in school yesterday morning. Apparently there were some dances, skits, and a cockfight. Yes, that´s right, a cockfight right here on the school grounds. If you aren´t aware, cockfighting is huge in this country, so it´s not that surprising on one level. I just didn´t expect to have one during school hours on school grounds. Maybe we´ll get to have one in the afternoon later in the year. I can only hope.