A Drumming Orchestra

Yesterday was friend's day in Argentina. International friendship day is the first Sunday of August as declared by the United States in 1935. However, many countries, most notably Argentina and Uruguay, celebrate friend's day July 20th. This is not a national holiday, so people gather with friends in the evening to celebrate the day and each other.

My friend's day involved meeting with Ana, an old friend from high school who was in BA for the weekend. We met up with more friends and went to this awesome show called La Bomba De Tiempo. It is a group of 20 of so percussionists that are led by a conductor. This is the first time I've seen a drumming orchestra. The audience was wild and a bit too merry because of friend's day, so the whole crowd became a mosh pit. The only way to not get knocked around was to jump around with them. It was a fun time, great concert venue and another new experience! Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera battery, so no home videos of the night. Bad news bears. But here is a video of them from youtube:



Later in the night, I met up with Priya and we went to Milión, an old mansion that was converted into a restaurant/bar. Very chic and the drinks were delicious. So all and all the evening was a good celebration of friends and a great way to start off the week.