Proud to be part of a Bolivian Family ;)

This past weekend we went to Salt Lake City to have a surprise birthday party for Gabby s mom ;)  We had a awesome BBQ and it was a HOT HOT day !  It was fun because Gabby's whole family was able to make it, It had been a long time since all 7 kids where together with their whole families ;) 

Gabby's Brother Alex made a awesome video slide show of the party-http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1544841264403&ref=mf

We were lucky to have been there the same week as the event called  Caporales 100% de Bolivia!  We woke up early Sunday morning and headed to Liberty Park where all of the Bolivians that live nearby joined together and watched the Caporales.

Caporal or Caporales today is a typical Bolivian folkloric dance very popular in the national festivities.

A male Caporal dress would depict an old Spanish military guard.

 Wearing heeled boots bearing large bells known as "cascabeles", a male dancer carries a hat in his left hand and a whip in his right(sometimes). Even some girls could dance as a guy some may refer them as

"chinas" or "machas". A female caporal dress consists of a mini dress with matching panties, skin-color pantyhose, fancy high heel shoes, and a round top hat pinned to her hair.

 The style and colours of the dress are maintained the same for both the men and women of a certain group, but can vary drastically between groups. Men and women usually dance separately in a progressive march style dance. Caporales is a dance where you jump a lot and is very active in a way.

It was a really hot day but we had alot of fun!  I hope we can attend more activities like this so that Kina and Mila will grow up appreciating and better understanding their roots ;)