Hola a todos! (Don't mind me...I'm in an international mood!!)
A few weekends ago, my friend Marcail and I traveled the world via the bus and downtown Sac! I heard about this fun World Music and Dance Festival, and it sounded like so much fun! And it was free, doesn't get much better than that.
First we hopped on the 42A in Woodland one lazy, Sunday afternoon. Meet my friend! Her dad drives for Yolobus, and she has a love for the bus as well :)
While on our trip to Sac, a lady in front of us was feeling quite relaxed and was nodding off....we were laughing SO hard because she would (completely asleep) lean to the left (almost falling over) and then all the way to the right. It was hysterical!! I have no idea how she stayed asleep while swaying so drastically! HA!
Once we got to Sac, we hopped off the bus and walked through downtown to Old Sac...
So cute! There's a little walkway that goes under through downtown Sac and transports you to Old Sac, with cobble stone streets and horse drawn carriages. As we walked over to Old Town, we were treated to a day of music, dance, and culture from around the world.
We enjoyed a little taste of Brazil, and watched some samba! Enjoy a tinsy clip!
This woman was amazing and was so vibrant. We definitely enjoyed our glimpe of Brazilian dance! How fun to have 8 live percussionists drumming you along!
While we were walking around we noticed an acupuncture booth! Cailie wanted to check it out, so we stopped by. At the booth, there was a giant ear showing what parts of the ear indicated problem areas within the body....hmmmm. We were curious! So Cailie was brave and got her ear evaluated.
The woman doing the testing had some interesting things to say, but after telling Cailie to quit smoking (which she doesn't...) we were a tad skeptical/offended. Overall though, it was a neat experience (although I'm not the one who got my ears poked). What a unique way to evaluate health...
From here we saw some dances from the Philippines, Ukraine and the onto the middle east for some of my personal favorite, belly dance! These girls were so beautiful and talented!
I was initially told about this festival from a Flamenco teacher and she suggested we go see this fantastic guitarist, Gopal Slavonic and dancer, Kina Mendez.For our last stop of the day, we went to see some Hawaiian dancing. It was beautiful and we both ended up participating in the last song! We danced on stage to the "Hukilau" song :) What a perfect way to end our trip across music and dance cultures! This was such a fun festival and I recommend checking it out next year! Ya can't beat free: http://sacworldfest.com/
Love,
Bus Girl (and sidekick Marcail)
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