It is unbearable. I have stood on my feet for hours and watched people strolling by, without a single drop to drink.
Then comes the rescue! The uniformed bottle carrier sees my distress. Hail you
Champucero,
Pride of Latacunga
, son of the mighty volcano Cotopaxi in the forgotten land of Ecuador.
Salud
.
I know you're tired
now, but we will not give up.
After all, Christmas is Christmas.
Christmas Trees in Ecuador are usually carried out in plastic. Some clear-headed souls have reasoned that it might be unnecessary to recycle plastic bottles to create a Christmas tree. We can just stack them the way they are, and presto: We do have a
lovely Christmas tree!
The pictured Christmas decoration is outside the ministry of farming.
Merry recycled Christmas!
-it says in Spanish in front of the chair.
If it might not be literally what is written, you should still
guard you well to defile it with your bottom.
At this table and on
this chair sat namely the
heroes of Ecuador when they signed the Declaration of Independence after centuries of Spanish rule.
One might add that it was not just ink that
flowed in this context. Plenty of blood was also shed on both sides before it got as far as getting something down on paper.
And the papers are
also exhibited in this museum affiliated with San Agustin Church in Quito.
A natural absence of conifers promotes the
Ecuadorians ability to improvise when they decorate for Christmas. There is of course a lot in plastic but almost everything
can be used.
Here for example, The
Postal Service has recycled some old boxes and stacked them up in the conic shape of the Cristmas tree.
Are there less Christmas spirit because of that?
Nooooot.
