Tuesday was a sad day for my host
family. Fabiola’s uncle passed away, so my host mom and I went to Huaraz to
accompany her to the funeral. It turns out I don’t really know the right
Spanish words to express condolences yet, but hugs mean the same thing no
matter what language you speak.
As
a cultural experience the funeral was actually very interesting. They have
different customs here in Peru than in the States. Most notably we walked
through the streets of Huaraz throwing flowers on the coffin and the
pallbearers took the coffin by the uncle’s house to say good bye. It seems like
a nice tradition.
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