We only had half a day available for lab work - we had a cultural enrichment experience planned for the afternoon. Lazaro, our Embera friend, collected all the materials he needed to give us traditional temporary tattoos!
Traditional Embera temporary tattoo made with a natural dye.
According to Lazaro, the dye will take a few hours (or maybe even a day) to fully develop and darken. In any case, I really, really love this design! Everyone else got tattoos as well, and they all look so cool! Tomorrow, Lazaro said he would try to touch up and darken some of the tattoos for us.
Dinner was also very eventful, we all had a great time talking and laughing - it was really loud in the dining hall, but it was full of good vibes. After dinner, Lazaro (Embera) and Lucia (Ngobe) set up some handmade items on a table for us to browse and buy. I got myself some beautiful beaded earrings, and I got my mom a pretty sea turtle carved from the tagua fruit/seed.
Tomorrow will be our first free day - we are going in groups to the nearby town, San Vito! Some people are hiking there, they have to leave early to get there at a decent time. Apparently the hike will take at least a few hours - I think those who choose to hike have some serious dedication! The rest of us are planning on taking taxis and shuttles to town around 11:00 am so we can all have lunch at a delicious pizza restaurant together. It should be a very exciting day, I can’t wait to wake up in the morning!
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