today was the 21st of june, which means the first day of summer, which means la fête de la musique, which means....
yes, that's right...
just like every year....
BATUCADAAAAA !!!!!!!!!
yeah baby !!!!!!
it was so brilliant !!! i happened to see the one guy they sent ahead as a scout so i followed him back to the others ; as we arrived they were all milling around converging rather chaotically on an intersection. then there was a gap in the traffic when the light changed and they all rushed into the street and formed into rows, so suddenly it almost seemed like magic.
and then they all started drumming !!!!
when we got to
place sainte marthe which is batucada central there was another smaller one in front, and at the end of the evening a third one arrived as well. the biggest one had about 80 drummers !
best night of the year !