partaaay

I was invited go to the birthday party for a member of my extended family here in Honduras. It's amazing how we've only been here for 2 weeks and that the people welcome us Canadians to join in family functions.
There was an amazing 10 member live band that played music the whole night. It was interesting because it was so modest, yet able to sound amazing. For example, when they needed a new drum stick, they carved out a new one. It was cute that they used masking tape to write 'tropical' on the front of their xylophone/mirimbi thing (Kat, I'm sorry if it is actually neither.)
We danced the night away (or attempted to, as I neither have the ability or the crazy hips necessary for the dancing here). We were introduced to punta, which is a dance characteristic of the Garufauna people in the northern coast of Honduras. It's called this (punta=tip) because you dance on your toes.
I missed the famous carnival in La Ceiba to come to this event. But I think that meeting the rest of the family and the fun we had was well worth it.