The Hot Pepper Festival began today at Tochogna beach. A number of booths had been built and were being used to sell food, drinks, ice cream, trinkets, artwork, etc. In order to purchace anything at the festival one had to buy tokens first (like we used to do at fairs). I'm not sure why this was necessary, except as a way for those who run the festival to make sure they get their share of the money being spent--which is understandable, since there was a lot of work and entertainment that has gone into the festival.
Terri and I had a great time, ate lunch and had some ice cream, and watched a number of cultural dances and singers. One young ukelale player of 13--they called him a whiz kid or something--also played. They had dancers from several different islands, but both Terri and I thought that our own cultural dancers from Tinian (the same ones that perform at the Dynasty Casino) were by far the best.
They had a small band to play music, and had a number of events such as a hermit crab race and vollyball tournament. At night they had a kareoke singing contest.
It was overcast most of the day--much of it from the volcano I assume--but it did not start to rain untill evening, and then only intermitently.
The festival goes on tomorrow also.
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