Halloween in Moldova!
So, Halloween meets Moldova, one more time. I know many of you think that all I do in the Peace Corps is celebrate Halloween, while this is untrue (almost!), I do enjoy sharing one of the best parts of American culture- costumes and free candy! (pictured in the first picture is myself and my new coutnerpart-- the one that is helping me with this youth council! And also pictured in the first photo are the WONDERFUL and TRADITIONAL american ghost-candy pops! // and in the picture on the right-- the whole gang!)
Anyway, this time around, my youth council celebrated and organized a halloween party for our village. We did it at the local disco (a room in our mayor's office), and went all out! Decorated the walls, played halloween games, and carved pumpkins. I even got to be the costume contest judge, based on my years of expertise. (Ghostbuster to the left! On the right a pirate and a gypsy... many many kids dressed up like gypsies, go figure)
I was really impressed with all the costumes the kids came up with-- we were VERY strict-- we did not let in people who did not have costumes on! Even though it was a fundraiser and more people would have equalled more money, we wanted to keep the halloween spirit! There were two little boys (pictured above) dressed as gangsters-- when I asked them what they were they said "from Chichago!". There was also a boy dressed like a ghost buster (like that, jon?) and he was carrying around a vaccuum to "clean up the ghosts." Okay some things don't translate exactly...
Maybe no trick-or-treating was done... but it was still fun. At one point I was "reverse Trick-or-Treating" the kids-- ie going up to them and giving them candy... because they didn't know they had to ask. All in all, a great time.
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