Fiestas Patronales

Each town in Nicagua has a patron saint that represents their town. Our town is obviously Saint Nicolas, who’s day is on December 6th. We are talking about Nicaragua though, and these hometown parties aren’t just for a day they last for 2 weeks! There were many activities surrounding these parties. Rodeos each night, a horse parade, concerts, cooking competitions, and a queen contest (that one of our good friends competed in!). We live in cowboy country so the theme of the festival was cowboy/cowgirl life. It was fun to participate and take in the activities of these two weeks.

Our good friend, Estelvina, from La Garnacha competed in the queen contest.

She is absolutely stunning. Unfortunately she got 2nd place, even with the biggest, and coolest, cheering block!

Rodeo time! There was bull riding almost every night during the 2 weeks. We attened 2 or 3 times. It is not like rodeos in the states, most of the entertainment came from the drunk bull wranglers dancing and taunting the bulls. But it was still fun and great to see a lot of the community out and having fun!

Horse parade—Hipico

Kirk and Aaron arrived the night before so they were able to enjoy the horse parade and other hometown festivities with us!

Even the littlest got to participate

My horse watching companions—a teachers kiddos.

A picture of our town park—only a 1/2 block from our casa.

Overall, a great celebration of our town! We really have loved living in San Nicolas. The people here are wonderful and the views we get to see everyday are just a bonus. We were glad to celebrate this beautiful place and community alongside others who have a much deeper history here.