Fuerza Bruta

Kerry and I went to a show the other night called Fuerza Bruta.  It was a crazy show and I have some video to prove it.  Basically 200 or so people were ushered into a room where we were elbow to elbow standing and waiting for the show to start. It was mostly dark with some subdued lighting and once in a while a large growling noise would come out of the wall from behind us, or what we thought was behind as we didn't really know where to look. It was a large crowded room with black walls. Suddenly a band appeared on one side of the room and started playing some unrecognizable music but very cool drums, alternative alien like signing and crazy lighting. A giant fan started blowing water mist on the crowd and a staff member came out and started moving the crowd closer together to allow for a giant stage to come out of the wall with a guy in a white suit running, occasionally running with a strobe light and the fun began... We would all have to move around to allow for the different stages and apparatus that would come out for the different acts. It made one feel part of the show. Here are some short videos to give a flavor of the evening.

CRAZY FUN! 

Mate

So I found a new thing in my life.  It goes along with hackey sack, and the Styl'n House two loves of my life that influenced who I am today.  This one is called Mate.  It is a South American tea type drink called Yerba and it is put into a Mate (cup) raw.  You pour warmish/hot (not boiling) water on it and suck it through a bombilla or filtered straw made out of metal. How is this like hacky sack, and the Style'n House?  They are shared in a circle...  I guess, not that I have done it yet.  One gets invited to have a drink.  The mate maker makes it and takes the first drink because it is a bit bitter, after his drink he pours another and passes it on.  He continues to pour for the people and who drink it and talk until everyone is finished drinking.  After you are done, you thank the maker. Once you thank the maker, you can stay with the group but you will not be offered more mate in that session.  You can have as much as you want but when you are done, you are done.   It took me a while to find the cup that called me, but I eventually did and now realize that they are really inexpensive and I just might continue the search.  My search might be more about the bombilla as they can be adorned with different objects, in fact, yesterday I almost purchased a popeilla....  A bombilla adorned with a picture of Pope Frances on it.    See Kerry's blog to full understand....  Here are the pictures....

The mate(cup), bombilla, bag of the yerba (tea type leaves and twigs), and  pot of not boiling hot water...

the mate and bombilla

why the bombilla needs to be screened.....  believe it or not very few sticks and stuff manage to get through..