Carnaval is celebrated in many parts of the world in several variations--Mardi Gras for French speakers, the start of Lent for the religious, and Carnaval here in Peru and most of Latin America. In Peru, the biggest Carnaval celebration is held in Cajamarca City in the department of Cajamarca, our home department. We met up in the city with many volunteers from around the country, many of whom we rarely see because of the distance between us. Saturday was the highlight of the weekend, the day when from morning until night we engaged in a festive street battle of water balloons, paint-filled supersoakers, buckets of unknown liquid dropped from balconies, singing, dancing and general merriment. We felt like children in a giant playground with no adults to tell us we were misbehaving. It was truly a spectacular and fun-filled weekend.
Some photos are posted below, but we lots more in our photo album here: http://picasaweb.google.com/nathanhaft/Carnaval#
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