Cusco's Carneval

Turns out in South America, Carneval is not reserved only for Rio.  Carneval takes place everywhere, and for weeks.  In Cusco, they have some pretty funny traditions.  While there is the typical feasting and day-drinking of any holiday that takes place anywhere, there are also street attacks with water and foam. These attacks are gender-oriented - guys attacks girls/women and ladies attack the men/boys. 

 Last week we saw some pretty hilarious stuff. On Sunday, Patrick and I went for a hike in the city only to get bombed by water balloons and foam (I got a bucket of water to the the back too). Its too 'dangerous' to bring the camera so unfortunately I don't have photos.  However, there were people perched on rooftops tossing balloons, small mobs of people with spray foam, and we witnessed a car attack of foam on two little kids (who thought it was hilarious) and a brutal attack by two teenage girls who dumped a large bucket of blue tinted water from the back of a pickup truck right on the head on an unexpecting boy.

Yesterday, my colleague warned me that Carneval was not over.  Foolishly, Patrick and I dressed to go for a run today and quickly ran into a street corner lined with attackers. I was swarmed by 5 teenage boys (pretty sure they are the SAME that got me last week) while a group of young women ran after Patrick.  

The results are below: