Friday 20th: trip to Acoma and first presentation there

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Manuel, Álex and Edmundo with their hosts.

The farewell from our hosts in Tularosa on the morning of Friday 20th was most emotional. They had ordered breakfast prepared for everyone, as well as some burritos for the road, although more than one could not wait and ate the burrito right there...


Breakfast at Panadería Loredo's.

The hats at the dining room were very successful.

Family photo before leaving Tularosa for Acoma.

After the emotional farewell, saying goodbye to our friends from Tularosa, with kisses, hugs and some tears, we settled in the vans and went back to the New Mexico roads that had so much impressed us, with those endless straight lines (Who said that parallel lines never touch each other?) and those splendid landscapes.


Once again, each zambomba takes its seat in the van, with the belt tightly fastened.

Santiago ended up adapting to the local driving mode, especially after his incident with the police.

The panoramas of the American West followed one another, each more spectacular.

Sharing some beers during the trip, to the rhythm of Los Folcloristas.

We were about to stop in Belen to warn them that Joseph and Mary would arrive there soon.

We arrived in Acoma in a bit of time, barely enough to change cloths and start the presentation.

In the Haak'u Museum they had put the sign we had previously sent them.

While we waited for the signal to enter the auditorium, we enjoyed the Pueblo de Ácoma atop the plateau.

Explaining the benefits of singing together.

The Christmas ronda on stage at the museum.

The public got a chance to appreciate our traditional instruments.

That night we honoured ourselves with a buffet.

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