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Much ado about Colombia
It has been quite the number of years since I visited Colombia. It seems to have changed quite a bit. I visited Cartagena with some fellows that were mother’s friends. We no longer hang out because of reasons. I think they secretly hated us because we were Cubans. The people from the US treat Latinos like one homogenous group. However, we are all different. It is like saying that the Americans are the same as the British or the Australians. Having the same language is not enough of a similarity. People rarely bond just because they speak the same tongue....
Strange Offerings
Religion aside, I found this stand of offerings to the Virgin Mary rather interesting. Each little figurine represented an answered prayer or a miracle experienced by the worshiper. Taken on their own, each figurine represents a bad episode in a person's life that got resolved satisfactory. Only the guy who gave the item knows what it is all about. If you look closely, there is a couple of Jewish stars thrown in there. A good number feature a woman's chest. I guess it has to do with breast cancer. It is an affliction that many women are sadly familiar with....